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Nature Photonics

A photonic integrated quantum secure communication system

Taofiq K. Paraïso, Thomas Roger, Davide G. Marangon, Innocenzo De Marco, Mirko Sanzaro, Robert I. Woodward, J. F. Dynes, Zhiliang L. Yuan, A. J. Shields

Published Oct 21, 2021• 210 citations
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10.1038/s41566-021-00873-0

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