Field test of classical symmetric encryption with continuous variables quantum key distribution

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 14030-14041

  Jouguet, Paul ^a,b   Kunz Jacques, Sébastien ^a   Debuisschert, Thierry ^c   Fossier, Simon ^c   Diamanti, Eleni ^b   Alléaume, Romain ^b   Tualle Brouri, Rosa ^d   Grangier, Philippe ^d   Leverrier, Anthony ^e,f   Pache, Philippe ^g   Painchault, Philippe ^g  

^a SeQureNet   (France)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^c THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^e ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g THALES COMMUNICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; FIELD TEST; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY; POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION; ROOM ENVIRONMENT; SYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION;

CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SECURITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84863767690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.014030     Document Type: Article

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