Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution for nonstandalone networks

Guan-Jie Fan-Yuan; Feng-Yu Lu; Shuang Wang; Zhen-Qiang Yin; De-Yong He; Zheng Zhou; Jun Teng; Wei Chen; Guang-Can Guo; Zheng-Fu Han

doi:10.1364/PRJ.428309

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