QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY WITH POLARIZED PHOTONS IN OPTICAL FIBERS - EXPERIMENT AND PRACTICAL LIMITS

被引:48
作者
BREGUET, J
MULLER, A
GISIN, N
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[1] GAP Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva 4
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10.1080/09500349414552251
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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An all-fibre quantum cryptography set-up based on the polarization of single photon pulses is described. The feasibility of establishing a key over more than 1 km has been experimentally demonstrated. The limits due to the topological effects, the birefringence, and the polarization mode dispersion of fibres are discussed. A set-up using only two non-orthogonal polarization states and polarizers instead of analysers is proposed.
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