Single photon detector comparison in a quantum key distribution link testbed

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6372, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Habif, Jonathan L ^a   Pearson, David S ^a   Hadfield, Robert H ^b   Schwall, Robert E ^d   Nam, Sae Woo ^b   Miller, Aaron J ^c  

^a BBN TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CRITICAL CURRENTS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE (QBER); SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR (SSPD); TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33846184649     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.685552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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