DocumentCode
1584240
Title
Engineering fiber-nonlinearity based entangled photon sources for quantum key distribution applications
Author
Kanter, Gregory S. ; Wang, Shawn X. ; Huang, Yu-Ping ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution
NuCrypt LLC, Evanston, IL, USA
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We model fiber parametric entangled photon sources for use in quantum key distribution applications. Effects of Raman scattered photons are evaluated and are found to be manageable when appropriately detuned optical filters are employed.
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical filters; quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement; Raman scattered photons; engineering fiber-nonlinearity; fiber parametric entangled photon sources; optical filters; quantum key distribution applications; Bandwidth; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Raman scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875313
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