Transmission medium and full fiber-optic setup for quantum key distribution applications |
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Authors: | Tsakiris Stavros I Uzunoglu Nikolaos K |
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Affiliation: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microwave and Fiber Optics Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Zografos, Athens, Greece. sttsak@gmail.com |
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Abstract: | A fiber-optic-based coupled waveguide transmission medium is proposed to distribute secret keys in a single-photon polarization-based quantum cryptography setup. Polarization maintenance properties and coupling phenomena of the transmission medium are exploited to achieve accuracy and security of the transferred key. Elliptic fibers and fiber couplers are used to prepare the transmitted photons at the sender as well as analyze them at the receiver. The uniqueness of the setup stands on the exclusive use of fiber-optic components, enabling its construction on a single fiber line. |
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