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View SchemaSingle photon quantum cryptography
| Authors | Alexios Beveratos, Rosa Brouri, Thierry Gacoin, Andre Villing, Jean-Philippe Poizat, Philippe Grangier |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0206136 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0206136 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.187901 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 187901 (2002) |
Abstract
We report the full implementation of a quantum cryptography protocol using a stream of single photon pulses generated by a stable and efficient source operating at room temperature. The single photon pulses are emitted on demand by a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in a diamond nanocrystal. The quantum bit error rate is less that 4.6% and the secure bit rate is 9500 bits/s. The overall performances of our system reaches a domain where single photons have a measurable advantage over an equivalent system based on attenuated light pulses.
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