High-rate large-alphabet quantum key distribution over deployed telecom fiber

Catherine Lee, Darius Bunandar, Zheshen Zhang, Gregory R. Steinbrecher, P. Ben Dixon, Franco N.C. Wong, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Scott A. Hamilton, Dirk Englund

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Abstract

We develop and implement a large-alphabet, dispersive-optics, prepare-and-measure quantum-key-distribution protocol. We demonstrate 35 Mbps secret-key rates in the laboratory and 300 kbps over a 43-km deployed fiber.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberFTh3C.7
JournalOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventCLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2016 - San Jose, United States
Duration: Jun 5 2016Jun 10 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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