Detector dead-time effects and paralyzability in high-speed quantum key distribution

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rogers, Daniel J ^a   Bienfang, Joshua C ^a   Nakassis, Anastase ^a   Xu, Hai ^a   Clark, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS;

LINK LOSS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); TRANSMISSION RATES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 34548673768     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/9/319     Document Type: Article

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