| Title | Detector dead-time effects and paralyzability in high-speed quantum key distribution |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | D. J. Rogers, J. C. Bienfang, A. Nakassis, H. Xu, and C. W. Clark |
| Journal | New J. Phys. |
| Volume | 9 |
| Pagination | 319–319 |
| Date Published | sep |
| ISSN | 1367-2630 |
| Keywords | 2007, Single Fellow |
| Abstract | Recent advances in quantum key distribution (QKD) have given rise to systems that operate at transmission periods significantly shorter than the dead times of their component single-photon detectors. As systems continue to increase in transmission rate, security concerns associated with detector dead times can limit the production rate of sifted bits. We present a model of high-speed QKD in this limit that identifies an optimum transmission rate for a system with given link loss and detector response characteristics. |
| URL | http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/9/i=9/a=319 |
