Quantum Key Distribution with High-Speed Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors

Abstract

We explore the potential of high-speed nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors for quantum key distribution in fiber, over long distances (at 1550 nanometers) and at high bit rates (at 850 nanometers).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA506850

Entities

People

  • Alan Mink
  • Jonathan L. Habif
  • Lijun Ma
  • Robert H. Hadfield
  • Sae W. Nam
  • Xiao Tang

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Avalanche Photodiodes
  • Coding
  • Communication Systems
  • Cryptography
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Efficiency
  • Fibers
  • Information Science
  • Intersymbol Interference
  • Losses
  • Optics
  • Quantum Cryptography
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Quantum Key Distribution
  • Secure Communications
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution