High-speed quantum key distribution system for 1-mbps real-time key generation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 542-550

  Tanaka, Akihiro ^a   Fujiwara, Mikio ^b   Yoshino, Ken Ichiro ^a   Takahashi, Seigo ^a   Nambu, Yoshihiro ^a   Tomita, Akihisa ^c   Miki, Shigehito ^b   Yamashita, Taro ^b   Wang, Zhen ^b   Sasaki, Masahide ^b   Tajima, Akio ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

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

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field programmable gate arrays; Quantum key distribution; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CODE LENGTH; HIGH-SPEED; INSTALLED FIBERS; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; KEY GENERATION; KEY GENERATION RATE; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SYSTEM COSTS; THREE-WAVELENGTHS; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

DISTILLATION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INTERFEROMETRY; NETWORK SECURITY; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84863174301     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2012.2187327     Document Type: Article

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