Comparison of three multiuser quantum key distribution networks

Author

Kumavor, Patrick ; Wang, Bing C. ; Donkor, Eric ; Yelin, Susanne

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Connecticut Univ., CT, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1042

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the performance of two network topologies: the optical ring network based on the Sagnac Interferometer and the wavelength routed optical network. The performance of all three networks for multiuser quantum key distribution are then computer simulated and compared by quantum bit error rate (QBER) analysis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time system level analysis have been performed on the suitability of various optical networks for quantum key distribution.

Keywords

Sagnac interferometers; digital simulation; error statistics; multicast communication; optical fibre networks; quantum cryptography; Sagnac Interferometer; computer simulation; multiuser quantum key distribution network; network topologies; optical ring network; quantum bit error rate analysis; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Performance analysis; Quantum computing; Sagnac interferometers; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253166

Filename

1253166