Systems and methods for quantum communication using optical fiber links having a scattering region

    公开(公告)号:US11573370B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US16970704

    申请日:2019-02-19

    摘要: A quantum communication system that includes a multiphoton entanglement generator, a plurality of photon detector units, and a plurality of optical fiber links. The plurality of photon detector units include a first photon detector unit and a second photon detector unit. The multiphoton entanglement generator is structurally configured to output more than two entangled photons. The plurality of optical fiber links comprise a first optical fiber link optically coupled to the multiphoton entanglement generator and disposed between the multiphoton entanglement generator and the first photon detector unit. The plurality of optical fiber links comprise a second optical fiber link optically coupled to the multiphoton entanglement generator and disposed between the multiphoton entanglement generator and the second photon detector unit. Further, at least one of the plurality of optical fiber links has a core, a cladding, and a scattering region having a plurality of scattering structures.

    OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING

    公开(公告)号:US20220413220A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17779395

    申请日:2020-11-20

    IPC分类号: G02B6/136 G02B6/122 C03C17/02

    摘要: A process for forming glass planar waveguide structure includes producing or obtaining a fusion drawn glass laminate (10) comprising a core glass layer (10) and a first clad glass layer (14) and a second clad glass layer (16) then removing or thinning portions of at least the second glass clad layer (16) leaving remaining or thicker portions of the second glass clad layer (16), the remaining or thicker portions corresponding to a planar waveguide pattern and resulting in a glass planar waveguide structure.

    Wideband multimode co-doped optical fiber employing GeO2 and Al2O3 dopants

    公开(公告)号:US11287568B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US17239923

    申请日:2021-04-26

    IPC分类号: G02B6/028 G02B6/036 C03C13/04

    摘要: The wideband multimode co-doped optical fiber has a silica core co-doped with GeO2 and Al2O3. The GeO2 concentration is maximum at the fiber centerline and monotonically decreases radially out to the core radius. The Al2O3 concentration is minimum at the centerline and monotonically increases radially out to maximum concentration at the core radius. The cladding has an inner cladding region of relative refractive index Δ2, an intermediate cladding region having a relative refractive index Δ3, and an outer cladding region having a relative refractive index Δ4, wherein Δ3

    Quantum communication systems having dispersion compensating optical fiber links

    公开(公告)号:US11218226B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16557059

    申请日:2019-08-30

    摘要: A quantum communications system includes a quantum key generation system having a photonic quantum bit generator, a dispersion compensating optical fiber link, and a photon detector unit and a communications network having a signal generator, a signal channel, and a signal receiver. The dispersion compensating optical fiber link extends between and optically couples the photonic quantum bit generator and the photon detector unit. Further, the dispersion compensating optical fiber link is structurally configured to induce dispersion at an absolute dispersion rate of about 9 ps/(nm)km or less and induce attenuation at an attenuation rate of about 0.18 dB/Km or less such that the quantum key bit information of a plurality of photons output by the one or more photonic quantum bit generators is receivable at the photon detector unit at a bit rate of at least about 10 Gbit/sec.

    QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS HAVING LOW LOSS DISPERSION LIMITING FIBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210399810A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17297029

    申请日:2019-11-12

    摘要: A quantum communications system includes a quantum key generation system having a photonic quantum bit generator, a low loss dispersion limiting fiber having a length L, for example greater than 200 km, and a photon detector unit and a communications network having a signal generator, a signal channel, and a signal receiver. The low loss dispersion limiting fiber extends between and optically couples the photonic quantum bit generator and the photon detector unit. Further, the low loss dispersion limiting fiber is structurally configured to limit dispersion at an absolute dispersion rate of about 9 ps/(nm)km or less, and preferably 0.5 ps/(nm)km or less, and induce attenuation at an attenuation rate of about 0.175 dB/km or less such that the quantum key bit information of a plurality of photons output by the one or more photonic quantum bit generators is receivable at the photon detector unit at a bit rate of at least 10 Gbit/sec.

    SINGLE MODE OPTICAL FIBERS WITH LOW CUTOFF WAVELENGTH HIGH MECHANICAL RELIABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210356655A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17308395

    申请日:2021-05-05

    IPC分类号: G02B6/028 G02B6/036 G02B6/02

    摘要: The optical fibers disclosed is a single mode optical fiber having a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region. The core region can have a radius r1 in a range from 3.0 microns to 6.0 microns and a core volume V1 less than 6.0%-micron2. The cladding region can include a first outer cladding region and a second outer cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the first outer cladding region. The first outer cladding region can have a radius r4a, the second outer cladding region can have a radius r4b less than or equal to 65 microns and comprising silica based glass doped with titania. The disclosed single mode optical fiber can have a fiber cutoff wavelength λCF less than 1530 nm.

    Coupled multicore optical fiber
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11156770B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16829460

    申请日:2020-03-25

    摘要: Multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. In some embodiment disclosed herein, a multimode optical fiber having a bandwidth of greater than 2 GHz·km includes: a glass matrix having a front endface, a back endface, a length (L), a refractive index n20 and a central axis (AC); and a plurality of cores arranged within the glass matrix, wherein the plurality of cores run generally parallel to the central axis between the front and back endfaces and having respective refractive indices n50, wherein n50>n20, wherein the glass matrix serves as a common cladding for the plurality of cores so that each core and the common cladding define a waveguide, wherein each core is a single mode at an operating wavelength; and wherein any two cores have an center-to-center spacing s of 3 μm to 20 μm and a coupling coefficient of greater than 10 m−1 but less than 200 m−1.