Publication detail

Optical Receiver for Single-Photon Transmission

WILFERT, O. KOLKA, Z. ŠÍP, J.

Original Title

Optical Receiver for Single-Photon Transmission

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper discusses design and application of an optical receiver that can detect a single photon using avalanche photodiode. The main emphasis is put on a passive quenching circuit that makes the single-photon regime of avalanche photodiode possible. The optical receiver serves for single photon optical wireless link using a new method -quantum key distribution. The method, known as quantum cryptography, is suitable for transmission of short encrypted messages.

Keywords

single photon detection, avalanche photodiode, quantum cryptography

Authors

WILFERT, O.; KOLKA, Z.; ŠÍP, J.

RIV year

2003

Released

22. 8. 2003

Location

Corfu

ISBN

960-8052-82-3

Book

Proc. of 7th WSEAS CSCC Multiconference (CSCC'2003)

Pages from

374

Pages to

377

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT9047,
  author="Otakar {Wilfert} and Zdeněk {Kolka} and Josef {Šíp}",
  title="Optical Receiver for Single-Photon Transmission",
  booktitle="Proc. of 7th WSEAS CSCC Multiconference (CSCC'2003)",
  year="2003",
  pages="4",
  address="Corfu",
  isbn="960-8052-82-3"
}