Abstract
To extensively deploy quantum key distribution (QKD) systems, copropagating with
classical channels on the same fiber using wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)
technology becomes a critical issue. We propose a user-based channel-interleaving WDM
scheme with unequal frequency spacing (UFS-iWDM) to reduce the impairment on the quantum
channels induced by four-wave mixing (FWM), and theoretically analyze its impact on
quantum bit error rate (QBER). Numerical simulation results show that a UFS-iWDM can
significantly reduce the FWM noise and improve QBER compared with the corresponding WDM
scheme with equal frequency spacing (EFS), especially in the case of nonzero dispersion
shifted fiber.
© 2016 Chinese Laser Press
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