Quantum communications system having pulses divided into time bins and associated methods
US11451308B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 2021 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/0852
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A quantum communications system may include a transmitter node, a receiver node, and a quantum communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may include a pulse transmitter and a pulse divider downstream therefrom. The pulse divider may be configured to divide each pulse having a plurality of X photons into a plurality of Y time bins with Y>X. The receiver node may include a pulse recombiner and a pulse receiver downstream from the pulse recombiner.
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