• DocumentCode
    2845809
  • Title

    PON topology analysis for subcarrier multiplexed quantum key distribution

  • Author

    Capmany, J. ; Fernández-Pousa, C.R.

  • Author_Institution
    ITEAm Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We analyze the performance of different Passive Optical Network (PON) topologies for the distribution of multiuser quantum keys using subcarrier multiplexing and BB84 protocol in terms of the achievable Quantum Bit Error Rate (QBER) and the useful key distribution rate.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; multi-access systems; optical communication; quantum cryptography; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication network topology; PON topology analysis; multiuser quantum keys; passive optical network; quantum bit error rate; subcarrier multiplexed quantum key distribution; subcarrier multiplexing; Encoding; Multiplexing; Network topology; Passive optical networks; Topology; Wavelength routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621307
  • Filename
    5621307