Maintenance-free operation of WDM quantum key distribution system through a field fiber over 30 days

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 31395-31401

  Yoshino, Ken Ichiro ^a   Ochi, Takao ^a   Fujiwara, Mikio ^b   Sasaki, Masahide ^b   Tajima, Akio ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE;

MAINTENANCE FREE; QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES; UNINTERRUPTED OPERATIONS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84890460228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.031395     Document Type: Article

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