S. Prabhakar, Taylor Shields, D. Powell, Gregor G. Taylor, D. Morozov, Mehdi H. Ebrahim, M. Kues, L. Caspani, C. Gawith, R. Hadfield, M. Clerici
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We report the generation and coincidence-to-accidental ratio characterization of a pulsed spontaneous parametric down-conversion photon pair source at 2.080 µm, as a basis for free-space quantum communication in an atmospheric window with low solar background.