Title :
Secure optical communication using random mode mixing and time-reversal symmetry in multimode fibers
Author :
Defienne, Hugo ; Barbieri, Marco ; Chalopin, Benoit ; Chateri, Beatrice ; Walmsley, Ian ; Smith, Brian ; Gigan, Sylvain
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an encryption method for transmission through multimode fibers. The encryption is provided by chaotic mode mixing, and time-reversal symmetry of counter-propagating light ensures that only an authorized party can decrypt the message.
Keywords :
light scattering; optical fibres; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; chaotic mode mixing; counter-propagating light; encryption method; multimode fibers; random mode mixing; secure optical communication; time-reversal symmetry; Media; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Photonics; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
