Patent attributes
In a system where a quantum channel and a classical channel are multiplexed on a single optical transmission line and information is transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver through the quantum channel, the classical channel is inhibited from affecting the quantum channel. To this end, the transmission characteristics of a transmitter-side wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer for the classical channel, the transmission characteristics of a receiver-side wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer for the quantum channel, and the optical power of a light source for the classical channel are designed so that crosstalk light due to spontaneous emission light and crosstalk light due to nonlinear optical effects can be suppressed, and the classical channel does not affect the quantum channel.
