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Quantum cryptography with a full-fledged photonic integrated chip system

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

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

Integrated photonics can enable a wide deployment of quantum cryptography but this integration is technologically challenging. We addressed the challenges and built a complete, real-time and deployable quantum key distribution system based on integrated photonics.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2021.th4b.4

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