Title :
Field experiments of quantum cryptosystem in 96 km installed fibers
Author :
Hasegawa, T. ; Nishioka, T. ; Ishizuka, H. ; Abe, J. ; Shimizu, K. ; Mats, M.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
We have successfully demonstrated quantum cryptosystem in 96 km installed fibers between Osaka and Kyoto, Japan with our dedicated QKD hardware suitable for field experiments. We confirmed that key rate is 8.2 bps and QBER is 9.9%.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; 8.2 bit/s; 9.9 percent; 96 km; QBER; QKD; key rate; quantum cryptosystem; Cryptography; Detectors; Laboratories; Optical control; Optical design; Optical fiber testing; Optical network units; Optical pulses; Research and development; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567470