Low timing jitter detector for gigahertz quantum key distribution

Electronics Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-182

  Collins, R J ^a   Hadfield, R H ^b   Fernandez, V ^a   Nam, S W ^b   Buller, G S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DETECTORS; QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; TIMING JITTER DETECTORS;

BIT ERROR RATE; NANOWIRES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRIDES; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

TIMING JITTER;

EID: 34248329200     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20073748     Document Type: Article

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