Quantum key distribution using a triggered quantum dot source emitting near 1.3 μm

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Intallura, P M ^a,b   Ward, M B ^a   Karimov, O Z ^a   Yuan, Z L ^a   See, P ^a   Shields, A J ^a   Atkinson, P ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COHERENT PULSES; MULTIPHOTON EMISSION; TRANSMISSION DISTANCE;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 35548962396     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2799756     Document Type: Article

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