Impact of third-order intermodulation on the performance of subcarrier multiplexed quantum key distribution

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3061-3069

  Capmany, José ^a   Fernández Pousa, Carlos R ^b  

^a ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; optical fiber communications; quantum information; quantum key distribution (QKD); subcarrier multiplexing

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXING;

BIT ERROR RATE; INTERMODULATION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053626538     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2165526     Document Type: Article

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