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Optics & Laser Technology

A new design of pulsed laser diode driver system for multistate quantum key distribution

Muhammad Syargawi Abdullah, M. Z. Jamaludin, Gunawan Witjaksono, Mohd Hadri Hafiz Mokhtar

Published Dec 31, 2010• 1 citation
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10.1016/j.optlastec.2010.12.002

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