Microwave photonics parallel quantum key distribution

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 931-942

  Ruiz Alba, Antonio ^a   Mora, José ^a   Amaya, Waldimar ^a   Martínez, Alfonso ^a   García Muñoz, Víctor ^a   Calvo, David ^a   Capmany, José ^a  

^a ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; quantum key distribution

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STATIONS; CLASSICAL INFORMATION; END-USERS; KEY DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN NETWORKS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MULTIPLE KEYS; MULTIPLEXING TECHNIQUES; MULTIPOINT; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; POINT-TO-POINT LINK; QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; SIFTED KEY RATE; SINGLE OPTICAL FIBERS; SUBCARRIER; WAVELENGTH DIVISION;

MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 84862007564     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2201255     Document Type: Article

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