Title :
Quantum communication with ultrafast multimode pulsed light
Author :
Christ, Andreas ; Brecht, Benjamin ; Harder, Georg ; Eckstein, A. ; Ansari, Vahid ; Lupo, Chris ; Silberhorn, Christine
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys., Univ. of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Abstract :
Using ultrafast multimode PDC sources and optical quantum pulse gates based on engineered frequency conversion processes we introduce multiplexed quantum information coding and show that it enables an exponential increase in the achievable quantum communication rate.
Keywords :
encoding; multiplexing; optical frequency conversion; quantum communication; quantum gates; engineered frequency conversion; multiplexed quantum information coding; optical quantum pulse gates; quantum communication rate; ultrafast multimode PDC sources; ultrafast multimode pulsed light; Encoding; Frequency conversion; Multiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614559
