Practical quantum key distribution over 60 hours at an optical fiber distance of 20km using weak and vacuum decoy pulses for enhanced security

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 8465-8471

  Dynes, J F ^a   Yuan, Z L ^a   Sharpe, A W ^a   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

DECOY PULSES; FIBER DISTANCES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; VACUUM PULSES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34250864335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008465     Document Type: Article

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