Long-distance practical quantum key distribution by entanglement swapping

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3004-3018

  Scherer, Artur ^a   Sanders, Barry C ^a   Tittel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

BUILDING BLOCKES; DARK COUNTS; DETECTOR EFFICIENCY; ENTANGLEMENT SWAPPING; FREE SPACE; LOSSY TRANSMISSION; OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGIES; PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SECRET KEY; SECRET KEY DISTRIBUTION; TELECOM OPTICAL FIBERS; THRESHOLD DETECTORS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951613230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.003004     Document Type: Article

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