A fiber quantum communication system based on an autocompensation optical circuit


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Abstract

An experimental setup for studying the distribution of a quantum key in a fiber optic communication line designed at the Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch is presented. The structure of a unified control unit for studying the distributed quantum key setup using the BB84 protocol with phase encoding is described. Experimental results on quantum key generation are given.

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V. L. Kurochkin

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch

Author for correspondence.
Email: kurochkin@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

G. K. Krivyakin

Novosibirsk State Technical University

Email: kurochkin@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630073

A. V. Zverev

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch

Email: kurochkin@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

A. S. Pleshkov

Novosibirsk State Technical University

Email: kurochkin@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630073

I. I. Ryabtsev

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch

Email: kurochkin@isp.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, 630090

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