Quantum key distribution and 1 Gbps data encryption over a single fibre

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eraerds, P ^a   Walenta, N ^a   Legre M ^b   Gisin, N ^a   Zbinden, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ID QUANTIQUE SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

100 GHZ; ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; DATA ENCRYPTION; ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION; ENTIRE SYSTEM; QUANTUM CHANNEL; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SECRET KEY;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DISTILLATION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953565629     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/063027     Document Type: Article

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