• DocumentCode
    996892
  • Title

    Enhanced single photon fringe visibility in a 10 km-long prototype quantum cryptography channel

  • Author

    Townsend, Paul D. ; Rarity, J.G. ; Tapster, P.R.

  • Author_Institution
    BT Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    7/8/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1291
  • Lastpage
    1293
  • Abstract
    High visibility (V=0.985) single photon fringe measurements in a 10 km long, optical fibre-based, time- and polarisation-division Mach-Zehnder interferometer are reported. The ability of the system to transmit key data in a quantum cryptography scheme is assessed.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; light interferometry; optical fibres; optical links; 10 km; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; key data transmission; optical fibre based system; polarisation-division; quantum cryptography channel; single photon fringe visibility; time division;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930862
  • Filename
    252439
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=996892