Entanglement-based quantum key distribution with biased basis choice via free space

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 27260-27268

  Cao, Yuan ^a   Liang, Hao ^a   Yin, Juan ^a   Yong, Hai Lin ^a   Zhou, Fei ^a   Wu, Yu Ping ^a   Ren, Ji Gang ^a   Li, Yu Huai ^a   Pan, Ge Sheng ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Ma, Xiongfeng ^b   Peng, Cheng Zhi ^a   Pan, Jian Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BB84 PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; FREE SPACES; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL LINK; KEY GENERATION; PHOTON PAIRS; POST-PROCESSING SCHEME;

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887430475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.027260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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