Practical quantum key distribution with polarization entangled photons

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3865-3871

  Poppe, A ^a   Fedrizzi, A ^a   Ursin, R ^a   Bohm H R ^a   Lorunser T ^b   Maurhardt, O ^b   Peev, M ^b   Suda, M ^b   Kurtsiefer, C ^c   Weinfurter, H ^c   Jennewein, T ^d   Zeilinger, A ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

PHOTON COUNTING; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTIONS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 4644265061     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003865     Document Type: Article

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