• DocumentCode
    1095706
  • Title

    Secure key distribution system based on quantum cryptography

  • Author

    Townsend, Paul D.

  • Author_Institution
    BT Labs., Ipswich
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5/12/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    809
  • Lastpage
    811
  • Abstract
    The secure transmission of cryptographic keys is demonstrated over a 10 km-long optical fibre channel using a technique called `quantum cryptography´. Single-photon detector noise and nonideal modulator frequency response lead to error rates of ~6% in the transmitted keys that are corrected using publicly agreed key permutations and parity checks
  • Keywords
    optical communication; optical fibres; optical modulation; public key cryptography; 10 km; error rates; nonideal modulator frequency response; optical fibre channel; parity checks; publicly agreed key permutations; quantum cryptography; secure key distribution system; secure transmission; single-photon detector noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940558
  • Filename
    289239
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1095706