High-speed and high-performance polarization-based quantum key distribution system without side channel effects caused by multiple lasers

Heasin Ko; Byung-Seok Choi; Joong-Seon Choe; Kap-Joong Kim; Jong-Hoi Kim; Chun Ju Youn

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000214

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 214(2018)

High-speed and high-performance polarization-based quantum key distribution system without side channel effects caused by multiple lasers On the Cover

Heasin Ko^1,3, Byung-Seok Choi¹, Joong-Seon Choe¹, Kap-Joong Kim¹, Jong-Hoi Kim¹, and Chun Ju Youn^1,2、*

Author Affiliations

¹Photonic/Wireless Convergence Components Research Division, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon 34129, South Korea

²School of Advanced Device Technology, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 34113, South Korea

³e-mail: seagod.ko@etri.re.kr

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Paper Information

Category: Semiconductor UV Photonics

Received: Nov. 15, 2017

Accepted: Jan. 17, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

The Author Email: Chun Ju Youn (cjyoun@etri.re.kr)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000214

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