High rate, long-distance quantum key distribution over 250 km of ultra low loss fibres

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Title		High rate, long-distance quantum key distribution over 250 km of ultra low loss fibres
Authors		Stucki, Damien Walenta, Nino Vannel, Fabien Thew, Robert Thomas Gisin, Nicolas Zbinden, Hugo Gray, S. Towery, C. R. Ten, S. show all authors [1 - 9]
Published in		New Journal of Physics. 2009, vol. 11, no. 075003, p. 9
Abstract		We present a fully automated quantum key distribution prototype running at 625MHz clock rate. Taking advantage of ultra low loss (ULL) fibres and low-noise superconducting detectors, we can distribute 6000 secretbits s?1 over 100 km and 15 bits s?1 over 250 km.
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/075003
Full text		Article (Author postprint) (855 Kb) - Free access Other version: http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1367-2630/11/7/075003/njp9_7_075003.html
Structures		Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Groupe de physique appliquée
Citation (ISO format)		STUCKI, Damien et al. High rate, long-distance quantum key distribution over 250 km of ultra low loss fibres. In: New Journal of Physics, 2009, vol. 11, n° 075003, p. 9. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:3849