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Intradyne Coherent Receiver with Optical Decryption in PSK Y-00 Quantum Stream Cipher System

Ken Tanizawa, Fumio Futami

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a coherent receiver with LO phase modulation and experimentally demonstrate penalty-less optical decryption of PSK Y-00 quantum stream ciphers. The decryption process is disaggregated from coherent DSP, facilitating seamless upgrade to secure systems.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2025.aa107_5

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