• DocumentCode
    448293
  • Title

    Experimental characterization of wavelength separation for "QKD+WDM" co-existence

  • Author

    Nweke, N.I. ; Toliver, P. ; Runser, R.J. ; McNown, S.R. ; Chapuran, T.E. ; Goodman, M.S. ; Hughes, R.J. ; Peterson, C.G. ; McCabe, K. ; Nordholt, J.E. ; Tyagi, K. ; Hiskett, P. ; Dallmann, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Telecommun. Sci., Adelphi, MD, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1503
  • Abstract
    The minimum wavelength separation for multiplexing 1.3 μm QKD with 1.5 μm classical optical channels is experimentally determined for impairment-free QKD+WDM transmission.
  • Keywords
    channel spacing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; quantum cryptography; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 micron; 1.5 micron; QKD+WDM co-existence; classical optical channels; impairment-free QKD+WDM transmission; wavelength separation characterization; Cryptography; Laboratories; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Phase shifting interferometry; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202173
  • Filename
    1573239