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Two equipment racks labelled Alice and Bob, with patch panels, cables and instruments.
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NIST’s fiber quantum-key-distribution racks

NIST equipment racks labelled Alice and Bob, photographed on September 27, 2007. Archival quantum-key-distribution apparatus, not a current commercial network or Toshiba deployment.

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NIST
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Photograph
Capture date
2007-09-27

Archival photograph. The capture/source date is not a new scientific announcement.

Photographer / creator
NIST
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US federal public domain

NIST · US federal public domain

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