• DocumentCode
    1770298
  • Title

    Efficient heralding of passively spatial-multiplexed O-band photons for noise-tolerant quantum key distribution

  • Author

    Mao Tong Liu ; Han Chuen Lim

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an O-band passively spatial-multiplexed heralded photon source with 74.5% heralding efficiency for noise-tolerant quantum key distribution. Relation between QBER and noise-degraded g(2)(0) of heralded photons transmitted over a 10-km-long fiber is observed.
  • Keywords
    quantum cryptography; space division multiplexing; QBER; heralded photons; noise-tolerant quantum key distribution; passively spatial-multiplexed O-band photons; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Detectors; Optical fibers; PSNR; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988846