• DocumentCode
    2093469
  • Title

    Experimental open air quantum cryptography with single photons

  • Author

    Messin, G. ; Beveratos, A. ; Poizat, J.-P. ; Brouri, R. ; Grangier, P. ; Alléaume, R. ; Dumeige, Y. ; Treussart, F. ; Roch, J.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Inst. d´´Optique, Orsay
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    1148
  • Lastpage
    1149
  • Abstract
    We report the full implementation of the BB84 quantum cryptography protocol, using a true single photon source, operating at night in open air between two buildings, and we show its superiority over faint pulses schemes
  • Keywords
    optical communication; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; BB84 quantum cryptography protocol; single photons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1367161