Enhanced single photon fringe visibility in a 10 km-long prototype quantum cryptography channel

P. D. Townsend; J. G. Rarity; P. R. Tapster

doi:10.1049/el:19930862

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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19930862
Publication status	Published - Jul 1993
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cryptography
Light interferometers
Light interferometry
Light polarisation

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Enhanced single photon fringe visibility in a 10 km-long prototype quantum cryptography channel

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