Title :
Integrating a QPSK Quantum Key Distribution Link
Author :
Silva, M. B Costa e ; Xu, Q. ; Agnolini, S. ; Guilley, S. ; Danger, J-L. ; Gallion, P. ; Mendieta, F.J.
Author_Institution :
Ecole Nationale Sup?rieure des T?l?communications (GET/T?l?com Paris and CNRS), 46 rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France. Email: mcosta@enst.fr
Abstract :
We present the integration of the optical and electronic subsystems of a BB84-QKD fiber link. A high speed FPGA MODEM generates the random QPSK sequences for a fiber-optic delayed self-homodyne scheme using APD detectors.
Keywords :
Delay; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Phase detection; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Quadrature phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801094
