Complete experimental toolbox for alignment-free quantum communication

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  D'Ambrosio, Vincenzo ^a   Nagali, Eleonora ^a   Walborn, Stephen P ^b   Aolita, Leandro ^c   Slussarenko, Sergei ^d   Marrucci, Lorenzo ^d,e   Sciarrino, Fabio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e CNR SPIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ALIGNMENT FREE QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84864831002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1951     Document Type: Article

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