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Long-distance fiber-optic quantum key distribution using superconducting detectors

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This paper presents the results of experimental studies on quantum key distribution in optical fiber using superconducting detectors. Key generation was obtained on an experimental setup based on a self-compensation optical circuit with an optical fiber length of 101.1 km. It was first shown that photon polarization encoding can be used for quantum key distribution in optical fiber over a distance in excess of 300 km.

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  1. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 13, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. L. Kurochkin, A. V. Zverev, I. I. Ryabtsev & I. G. Neizvestnyi

  2. Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. L. Kurochkin & I. I. Ryabtsev

  3. Russian Quantum Center, ul. Novaya 100A, Moscow, 143025, Russia

    Yu. V. Kurochkin & I. I. Ryabtsev

  4. Moscow State Pedagogical University, ul. Malaya Pirogovskaya 1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    R. V. Ozhegov, G. N. Gol’tsman & P. A. Larionov

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Original Russian Text © V.L. Kurochkin, A.V. Zverev, Yu.V. Kurochkin, I.I. Ryabtsev, I.G. Neizvestnyi, R.V. Ozhegov, G.N. Gol’tsman, P.A. Larionov, 2015, published in Avtometriya, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 17–22.

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Kurochkin, V.L., Zverev, A.V., Kurochkin, Y.V. et al. Long-distance fiber-optic quantum key distribution using superconducting detectors. Optoelectron.Instrument.Proc. 51, 548–552 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S8756699015060035

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