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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Quantum key distribution with a heralded single photon source and a photon number resolving detector

Tomoyuki Horikiri, Yuishi Takeno, Atsushi Yabushita, Haibo Wang, Takayoshi Kobayashi

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated quantum key distribution with a heralded single photon source and a photon number resolving detector. Numerical calculations have shown the expansion of the distance.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2006.4628716

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