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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Actively Stabilised Quantum Key Distribution Operating Continuously at 1 Mbit/s

A. R. Dixon, Zhiliang L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe, A. J. Shields

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report the continuous operation of an actively stabilised gigahertz clocked quantum key distribution (QKD) system, with an average secure key rate of 1 Mbit/s over a distance of 50 km. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2010.qthi1

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