Gigahertz decoy quantum key distribution with 1 Mbit/s secure key rate

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 18790-18791

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

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS;

BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; CRYOGENIC DETECTORS; HIGH SPEED; LOW COSTS; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SECURITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56149113102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.018790     Document Type: Article

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