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International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO)

Subcarrier wave quantum networking for free space communications

Artur V. Gleim, S. M. Kynev, V. I. Egorov, V. V. Chistyakov, K.P. Volkova, A.B. Vasiliev, Козубов Антон Владимирович, Andrei Gaidash, Латыпов Ильнур Зиннурович, Vladimir V. Vitkin, S.A. Kolubin, Владимир Григорьевич Беспалов, Alexey A. Bobtsov, S. A. Kozlov

Published Jun 1, 2018• 1 citation
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Abstract

Subcarrier wave quantum networking in different media (fiber-optic lines, atmospheric free-space and underwater free-spce) is presented in this work.
DOI
10.1109/lo.2018.8435192

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