IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting (LEOS)

Single-photon detection at telecom wavelength and quantum cryptography

G. Ribordy, Nicolas Gisin, Olivier Guinnard, Hugo Zbinden

Published Sep 20, 2004• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper the typical performance of the InGaAs/InP APDs used as single-photon counters in the telecom wavelength region and their application in quantum cryptography is described.

DOI: 10.1109/leos.2003.1253027

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