Entanglement assisted free-space optical communication with two-pump-based entanglement generation outperforming classical laser communication in strong turbulence regime at 10 Gb/s

Vijay Nafria, Ivan B. Djordjevic

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Abstract

A high-speed entanglement assisted communication that operates at 10 Gb/s is proposed, which performs a highly efficient, PPLN-waveguide-based, entanglement generation by making the simultaneous use of S- and L-band pumps. The two-pump-based entanglement generation source satisfies the quasi-phase-matching-condition over the entire C-band. To improve the system reliability, our system performs the phase-conjugation on idler photons in contrast to conventional ways of performing the phase-conjugation on signal photons. To study the performance of the proposed entanglement-assisted system we have developed the 1.5 km long outdoor free-space optical (FSO) link at the University of Arizona campus. Experimental results indicate that the proposed entanglement-assisted system significantly outperforms the classical counterpart at 10 Gb/s, operated in strong turbulence regime. We also demonstrate that the traditional entanglement-assisted system performing the optical phase conjugation on signal photons at the receiver side is not operational at all in strong turbulence regime given that it is extremely difficult to perform the phase-conjugation on weak signal photons when the number of received photons is low. To improve the system performance the adaptive optics is performed on signal photons.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)47908-47919
Number of pages12
JournalOptics Express
Volume32
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 30 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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