• DocumentCode
    1252978
  • Title

    Interferometry with Faraday mirrors for quantum cryptography

  • Author

    Zbinden, H. ; Gautier, J.D. ; Gisin, N. ; Huttner, B. ; Muller, A. ; Tittel, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Group of Appl. Phys., Geneva Univ., Switzerland
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/27/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    586
  • Lastpage
    588
  • Abstract
    Quantum cryptography over 23 km of installed telecommunications fibre using a novel interferometer with Faraday mirrors is presented. The interferometer needs no alignment nor polarisation control and features 99.8% fringe visibility. A secret key of 20 kbit length with an error rate of 1.35% for 0.1 photon per pulse was produced
  • Keywords
    cryptography; light interferometry; light polarisation; optical fibres; 23 km; Faraday mirrors; error rate; fringe visibility; light interferometry; quantum cryptography; secret key; telecommunications fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970427
  • Filename
    591378
    • Link To Document
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