Experimental quantum key distribution beyond the repeaterless secret key capacity

@article{Minder2019ExperimentalQK,
  title={Experimental quantum key distribution beyond the repeaterless secret key capacity},
  author={Mariella Minder and Mirko Pittaluga and G. L. Roberts and Marco Lucamarini and James F. Dynes and Zhiliang Yuan and Andrew J. Shields},
  journal={Nature Photonics},
  year={2019},
  volume={13},
  pages={334 - 338},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:126717712}
}
The key rate overcomes the repeaterless secret key capacity bound limit at channel losses of 85 dB, corresponding to 530 km of ultralow-loss optical fibre, and represents a major step in promoting quantum communications as a dependable resource in today's world.
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