Title :
Demonstration of 1550 nm QKD with ROADM-based DWDM Networking and the Impact of Fiber FWM
Author :
Toliver, P. ; Runser, R.J. ; Chapuran, T.E. ; Goodman, M.S. ; Jackel, J. ; McNown, S. ; Hughes, R.J. ; Peterson, C.G. ; McCabe, K. ; Nordholt, J.E. ; Tyagi, K. ; Hiskett, P. ; Dallman, N.
Author_Institution :
Telcordia Technol., Red Bank
Abstract :
We demonstrate compatibility of 1550 nm QKD with a MEMS-based ROADM and also show that four-wave mixing resulting from copropagating DWDM signals can become the dominant source of background noise within the QKD channel passband.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; quantum cryptography; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM signals; QKD channel passband; ROADM-based DWDM networking; fiber FWM; four-wave mixing; wavelength 1550 nm; Background noise; Band pass filters; Four-wave mixing; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452689
