User-independent optical path length compensation scheme with sub-nanosecond timing resolution for a 1 &#215; N quantum key distribution network system

Byung Kwon Park; Min Ki Woo; Yong-Su Kim; Young-Wook Cho; Sung Moon; Sang-Wook Han

doi:10.1364/PRJ.377101

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