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Investigating the bit rate of a quantum key over free space, depending on the conditions of transmission

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An experimental setup for investigating the distribution of a quantum key over free space is described. The results from experiments to study the rate of key generation and that of the quantum bit error as a function of the quantum efficiency of single-photon detectors and the average number of photons per pulse is given.

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  1. Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. L. Kurochkin

  2. Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, 630073, Russia

    A. V. Kolyako

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Original Russian Text © V.L. Kurochkin, A.V. Kolyako, 2016, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2016, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 6–9.

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Kurochkin, V.L., Kolyako, A.V. Investigating the bit rate of a quantum key over free space, depending on the conditions of transmission. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 80, 1–4 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873816010147

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