Frequency-multiplexed entanglement for continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Olena Kovalenko; Young-Sik Ra; Yin Cai; Vladyslav C. Usenko; Claude Fabre; Nicolas Treps; Radim Filip

doi:10.1364/PRJ.434979

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