Quantum communication technology

Electronics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 965-967

  Gisin, N ^a   Thew, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING; NICHE MARKETS; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE; QUANTUM NETWORK; TELECOM; THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE; THEORETICAL PHYSICS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 77954612547     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.1626     Document Type: Article

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