Afterpulse-like phenomenon of superconducting single photon detector in high speed quantum key distribution system

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 19562-19571

  Fujiwara, M ^a   Tanaka, A ^b   Takahashi, S ^b   Yoshino, K ^b   Nambu, Y ^b   Tajima, A ^b   Miki, S ^a   Yamashita, T ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Tomita, A ^c   Sasaki, M ^a  

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

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

HIGH REPETITION; LOW FREQUENCY; QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; READ-OUT CIRCUIT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 80053244010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019562     Document Type: Article

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