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Title: Quantum communications system with integrated photonic devices

Abstract

Security is increased in quantum communication (QC) systems lacking a true single-photon laser source by encoding a transmitted optical signal with two or more decoy-states. A variable attenuator or amplitude modulator randomly imposes average photon values onto the optical signal based on data input and the predetermined decoy-states. By measuring and comparing photon distributions for a received QC signal, a single-photon transmittance is estimated. Fiber birefringence is compensated by applying polarization modulation. A transmitter can be configured to transmit in conjugate polarization bases whose states of polarization (SOPs) can be represented as equidistant points on a great circle on the Poincare sphere so that the received SOPs are mapped to equidistant points on a great circle and routed to corresponding detectors. Transmitters are implemented in quantum communication cards and can be assembled from micro-optical components, or transmitter components can be fabricated as part of a monolithic or hybrid chip-scale circuit.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1408899
Patent Number(s):
9819418
Application Number:
14/422,106
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 16
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Nordholt, Jane E., Peterson, Charles Glen, Newell, Raymond Thorson, and Hughes, Richard John. Quantum communications system with integrated photonic devices. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Nordholt, Jane E., Peterson, Charles Glen, Newell, Raymond Thorson, & Hughes, Richard John. Quantum communications system with integrated photonic devices. United States.
Nordholt, Jane E., Peterson, Charles Glen, Newell, Raymond Thorson, and Hughes, Richard John. Tue . "Quantum communications system with integrated photonic devices". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1408899.
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