Design of Synchronous Plug & Play QKD-WDM-PON for Efficient Quantum Communications

  • Yi Zhao ,
  • Martin Roetteler ,
  • Lei Xu ,
  • Ting Wang

2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) |

Published by Optical Society of America , Washington DC

Publication

We propose a new design of quantum key distribution (QKD)-VWDM-PON with “plug & play” scheme and synchronization. Simulations show that the design can improve the quantum key generation rate 3-4 times over conventional schemes.