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High Speed Quantum Key Distribution System Supports One-Time Pad Encryption of Real-Time Video | NIST

Alan Mink, Xiao Hong Tang, Lijun Ma, Anastase Nakassis, Barry Hershman, Joshua C. Bienfang, David H. Su, Ronald F. Boisvert, Charles W. Clark, Carl J. Williams

Published Apr 1, 2006• 1 citation
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