• DocumentCode
    2887756
  • Title

    One-way quantum key distribution system with active phase compensation

  • Author

    Yuan, Z.L. ; Shields, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Toshiba Res. Eur. Ltd., Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    306
  • Abstract
    We present a fully-automated one-way quantum key distribution system with active phase compensation. It gives a quantum bit error rate of 0.87% and a duty cycle of 99.6%.
  • Keywords
    compensation; error statistics; optical fibre communication; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; active phase compensation; one-way quantum key distribution; quantum bit error rate; Bit error rate; Clocks; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Pulse modulation; Quantum mechanics; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567472
  • Filename
    1567472