Quantum communication exploiting above threshold OPO intensity correlations and polarization encoding

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-467

  Porzio, A ^a   D'Auria, V ^a,b   Aniello, P ^b,c   Paris, M G A ^d   Solimeno, S ^a,b  

^a Coherentia INFM unità di Napoli ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical parametric oscillatior; Quantum communication; Twin beams

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

POLARIZATION ENCODING; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; TWIN-BEAMS;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA;

EID: 33846440870     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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