High Frequency Spectral Domain QKD Architecture with Dispersion Management for WDM Network

J. Cussey (1) , F. Patois (1) , N. Pelloquin , J.-M. Merolla (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

We report a new quantum key distribution scheme based on phase coding in frequency domain including active compensation dispersion and polarisation insensitive receiver. An experimental system demonstrated stable quantum bit error up to 15 hours.

Domains: Optics / Photonic

J. Cussey, F. Patois, N. Pelloquin, J.-M. Merolla. High Frequency Spectral Domain QKD Architecture with Dispersion Management for WDM Network. Conference on Optical Fiber Communication 2008 (OFC), Feb 2008, San Diego, United States. pp.2762-2764, ⟨10.1109/OFC.2008.4528717⟩. ⟨hal-00367056⟩