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Amplitude-squeezed pulsed light has been produced using a microstructured silica fibre. By spectrally filtering after the non-linear propagation in the fibre a squeezing value of -1.7 dB has been measured. A quantum key distribution scheme based on squeezed light from such microstructured fibres is proposed.
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Received: 9 July 2001 / Published online: 23 November 2001
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Lorenz, S., Silberhorn, C., Korolkova, N. et al. Squeezed light from microstructured fibres: towards free-space quantum cryptography. Appl Phys B 73, 855–859 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100723
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100723