Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bandwidth provisioning for an entangled photon system
- Patent Title (中): 纠缠光子系统的带宽配置
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Application No.: US12882752Application Date: 2010-09-15
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Publication No.: US08280250B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Michael Brodsky , Cristian Antonelli , Jungmi Oh
- Applicant: Michael Brodsky , Cristian Antonelli , Jungmi Oh
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Main IPC: H04B10/12
- IPC: H04B10/12 ; H04J14/02

Abstract:
A quantum key distribution system is deployed in an optical fiber network transporting classical data traffic. A source of entangled photon pairs is used to generate quantum keys. Classical data traffic is typically transported over channels in the C-band. If a pair of channels for transport of quantum data is available within the C-band, then the source of entangled photon pairs is tuned to emit in a pair of channels in the C-band. If a pair of channels for transport of quantum data is not available within the C-band, then the source of entangled photon pairs is tuned to emit in a pair of channels in a combined S-band and L-band. When a periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide pumped with a laser is used for the source of entangled photon pairs, the output spectral properties are tuned by varying the temperature of the waveguide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120063769A1 Bandwidth Provisioning for an Entangled Photon System Public/Granted day:2012-03-15
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