TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stucki, Damien
AU  - Barreiro, Claudio
AU  - Fasel, Sylvain
AU  - Gautier, Jean-Daniel
AU  - Gay, Olivier
AU  - Gisin, Nicolas
AU  - Thew, Rob
AU  - Thoma, Yann
AU  - Trinkler, Patrick
AU  - Vannel, Fabien
AU  - Zbinden, Hugo
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2009//
TI  - Continuous high speed coherent one-way quantum key distribution
T2  - Opt. Express
JO  - Optics Express
SP  - 13326
EP  - 13334
VL  - 17
IS  - 16
KW  - quantum cryptography
KW  - QKD
KW  - PNS
KW  - SSPD
KW  - coherent one way
KW  - COW
AB  - Quantum key distribution (QKD) is the first commercial quantum technology operating at the level of single quanta and is a leading light for quantum-enabled photonic technologies. However, controlling these quantum optical systems in real world environments presents significant challenges. For the first time, we have brought together three key concepts for future QKD systems: a simple high-speed protocol; high performance detection; and integration both, at the component level and for standard fibre network connectivity. The QKD system is capable of continuous and autonomous operation, generating secret keys in real time. Laboratory and field tests were performed and comparisons made with robust InGaAs avalanche photodiodes and superconducting detectors. We report the first real world implementation of a fully functional QKD system over a 43dB-loss (150km) transmission line in the Swisscom fibre optic network where we obtained average real-time distribution rates over 3 hours of 2.5bps.
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ID  - Stucki_etal2009
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