Coexistence of high-bit-rate quantum key distribution and data on optical fiber

Physical Review X

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Patel, K A ^a,b   Dynes, J F ^a   Choi, I ^a   Sharpe, A W ^a   Dixon, A R ^a   Yuan, Z L ^a   Penty, R V ^b   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY; DATA COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; DATA SIGNALS; DATA-COMMUNICATION; IN-FIBER; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; PROTOCOL EXECUTION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM SIGNALS; SINGLE FIBER;

NETWORK SECURITY; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

FIBERS;

EID: 84872402766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041010     Document Type: Article

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