Quantum noise protected data encryption in a WDM network

Chuang Liang; Gregory S. Kanter; Eric Corndorf; Prem Kumar

doi:10.1109/LPT.2005.848264

Quantum noise protected data encryption in a WDM network

Chuang Liang^*, Gregory S. Kanter, Eric Corndorf, Prem Kumar

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We demonstrate fully streaming optical data encryption over a 250-km-long fiber-optic wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) line at OC-12 data rate. Our scheme, based on the fundamental and irreducible quantum noise of laser light, allows for optical amplification and is shown to be compatible with today's high-speed WDM telecommunications infrastructure.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1573-1575
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2005.848264
State	Published - Jul 2005

Funding

Manuscript received December 6, 2004; revised February 19, 2005. This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under Grant F30602-01-2-0528. The authors are with the Center for Photonic Communication and Computation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA (e-mail: liang@ ece.northwestern.edu). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/LPT.2005.848264

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Data encryption
Quantum cryptography

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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