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

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

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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