ENHANCED SINGLE-PHOTON FRINGE VISIBILITY IN A 10 KM-LONG PROTOTYPE QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY CHANNEL

P D  TOWNSEND; J G  RARITY; P R  TAPSTER

ENHANCED SINGLE-PHOTON FRINGE VISIBILITY IN A 10 KM-LONG PROTOTYPE QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY CHANNEL

P D TOWNSEND, J G RARITY, P R TAPSTER

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Abstract

High visibility (V = 0.985) single photon fringe measurements in a 10 km long, optical fibre-based, time- and polarisation-division Mach-Zehnder interferometer are reported. The ability of the system to transmit key data in a quantum cryptography scheme is assessed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1291-1293
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	29
Issue number	14
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 1993

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ENHANCED SINGLE-PHOTON FRINGE VISIBILITY IN A 10 KM-LONG PROTOTYPE QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY CHANNEL

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