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

Stucki, Damien; Walenta, Nino; Vannel, Fabien; Thew, Rob; Gisin, Nicolas; Zbinden, Hugo; Gray, S.; Towery, C. R.; Ten, S.

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/075003

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

Contributors

Stucki, Damien; Walenta, Nino; Vannel, Fabien; Thew, Rob

; Gisin, Nicolas; Zbinden, Hugo

; Gray, S.; Towery, C. R.; Ten, S.

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New journal of physics, vol. 11, no. 075003, 9

Publication date

2009

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.

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Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Groupe de physique appliquée

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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. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/075003

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PID : unige:3849
DOI : 10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/075003

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1367-2630

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