Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bandwidth provisioning for an entangled photon system
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Application No.: US14146307Application Date: 2014-01-02
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Publication No.: US09967637B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Michael Brodsky , Cristian Antonelli , Jungmi Oh
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- 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
- Agency: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
- Main IPC: H04B10/70
- IPC: H04B10/70 ; H04Q11/00 ; H04L9/08

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
- US20140119729A1 Bandwidth Provisioning for an Entangled Photon System Public/Granted day:2014-05-01
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