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Low timing jitter detector for gigahertz quantum key distribution

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Robert J. Collins, Robert Hadfield, Veronica Fernandez, Sae Woo Nam, Gerald S. Buller

Abstract

A superconducting single-photon detector based on a niobium nitride nanowire is demonstrated in an optical-fibre-based quantum key distribution test bed operating at a clock rate of 3.3 GHz and a transmission wavelength of 850 nm. The low jitter of the detector leads to significant reduction in estimated quantum bit error rate and a resultant improvement in secrecy efficiency compared to previous estimates made by use of silicon single-photon avalanche detectors.
Citation
Electronics Letters
Volume
43
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

quantum key distribution, single-photon detector

Citation

Collins, R. , Hadfield, R. , Fernandez, V. , Nam, S. and Buller, G. (2007), Low timing jitter detector for gigahertz quantum key distribution, Electronics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32559 (Accessed November 3, 2025)

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Created January 31, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021
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