Long-distance entanglement-based quantum key distribution experiment using practical detectors

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16777-16787

  Takesue, Hiroki ^a,c   Harada, Ken Ichi ^a,c   Tamaki, Kiyoshi ^a,c   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^b   Tsuchizawa, Tai ^b   Watanabe, Toshifumi ^b   Yamada, Koji ^b   Itabashi, Sei Ichi ^b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DETECTORS; NETWORK SECURITY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; SILICON DETECTORS;

ENTANGLED PHOTONS; ERROR RATE; GATING TECHNIQUES; HIGH-PURITY; HIGH-SPEED; INGAAS/INP AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SECURITY PROOFS; SILICON-BASED; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 77955591452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016777     Document Type: Article

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