Software package for modeling the optical path of a quantum communication system

Authors and copyright holders:

• Chukov K. I. , Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR)
• Faerman V. A. , Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR)

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