2.23 GHz gating InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode for quantum key distribution

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7681, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Eraerds, Patrick ^a   Walenta, Nino ^a   Barreiro, Claudio ^a   Thew, Rob ^a   Zbinden, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

avalanche photodiode; photon counting; quantum cryptography; rapid gating; single photon avalanche diode; single photon detection

Indexed keywords

AFTERPULSING; DEADTIME; GATING SYSTEM; HIGH RATE; INGAAS/INP; LIMITING FACTORS; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; PHOTON COUNTING; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; BANDWIDTH; DETECTORS; DIODES; GATING AND FEEDING; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 77953772239     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.862118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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