{ "id": "quant-ph/9703024", "version": "v1", "published": "1997-03-14T16:14:29.000Z", "updated": "1997-03-14T16:14:29.000Z", "title": "Interferometry with Faraday mirrors for quantum cryptography", "authors": [ "H. Zbinden", "J. D. Gautier", "N. Gisin", "B. Huttner", "A. Muller", "W. Tittel" ], "comment": "8 Pages, including one Postscript Figure, Latex (Revtex style). To be published in Elect. Lett. 7 (27/03/97)", "categories": [ "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "Quantum Cryptography over 23km of installed Telecom fiber using a novel interferometer with Faraday mirrors is presented. The interferometer needs no alignment nor polarization control and features 99.8% fringe visibility. A secret key of 20kbit length with a error rate of 1.35% for 0.1 photon per pulse was produced.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "1997-03-14T16:14:29.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "quantum cryptography", "faraday mirrors", "interferometry", "error rate", "interferometer needs" ], "note": { "typesetting": "RevTeX", "pages": 8, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 441203, "adsabs": "1997quant.ph..3024Z" } } }