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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Integrated photonic devices for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

Henry Semenenko, Philip Sibson, Mark G. Thompson, Chris Erven

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate integrated photonic devices for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with state of the art error and clock rates which will lead to more cost effective, practical, and secure communication.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2019.fm4c.4

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