Entangled quantum key distribution over two free-space optical links

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16840-16853

  Erven, C ^a   Couteau, C ^a   Laflamme, R ^a,b   Weihs, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ERROR CORRECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; REAL TIME CONTROL;

ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL LINK; KEY GENERATION RATE; PASSIVE POLARIZATION; PRIVACY AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 54249093720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016840     Document Type: Article

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