Field test of quantum key distribution in the Tokyo QKD network

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10387-10409

  Sasaki, M ^a   Fujiwara, M ^a   Ishizuka, H ^a   Klaus, W ^a   Wakui, K ^a   Takeoka, M ^a   Miki, S ^a   Yamashita, T ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Tanaka, A ^b   Yoshino, K ^b   Nambu, Y ^b   Takahashi, S ^b   Tajima, A ^b   Tomita, A ^c   Domeki, T ^b   Hasegawa, T ^d   Sakai, Y ^d   Kobayashi, H ^d   Asai, T ^d   Shimizu, K ^d   Tokura, T ^d   Tsurumaru, T ^d   Matsui, M ^d   Honjo, T ^e   Tamaki, K ^e   Takesue, H ^e   Tokura, Y ^e   Dynes, J F ^f   Dixon, A R ^f,g   Sharpe, A W ^f   Yuan, Z L ^f   Shields, A J ^f   Uchikoga, S ^f   Legre M ^h   Robyr, S ^h   Trinkler, P ^h   Monat, L ^h   Page, J B ^h   Ribordy, G ^h   Poppe, A ⁱ   Allacher, A ^j   Maurhart, O ⁱ   Langer T ⁱ   Peev, M ⁱ   Zeilinger, A ^j,k   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^f TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h ID QUANTIQUE SA   (Switzerland)

ⁱ AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

APPLICATION INTERFACES; FIELD TEST; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; STABLE OPERATION;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957605027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010387     Document Type: Article

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