An Analysis of Single-Photon Detectors in an Environmentally Robust GigaHertz Clock Rate Quantum Key Distribution System
Patrick J. Clarke, Robert John Collins, Aongus McCarthy, Nils J. Krichel, María-José García-Martínez, Michael G. Tanner, John A. O’Connor, Chandra M. Natarajan, Shigehito Miki, Masahide Sasaki, Zhen Wang, Ivan Rech, Massimo Ghioni, Angelo Gulinatti, Philip A. Hiskett, Robert H. Hadfield, Paul D. Townsend, Gerald S. Buller · 2011
We have developed a robust, BB84, 850 nm wavelength, gigahertz clock, phase encoding quantum key distribution system. This has been analyzed using a number of single-photon detectors and tested against predictions from our theoretical model.