Coexistence of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution and 7 $\times$ 12.5 Gbit/s Classical Channels

Tobias A. Eriksson; Takuya Hirano; Motoharu Ono; Mikio Fujiwara; Ryo Namiki; Ken-ichiro Yoshino; Akio Tajima; Masahiro Takeoka; Masahide Sasaki

doi:10.1109/PHOSST.2018.8456709

Coexistence of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution and 7 $\times$ 12.5 Gbit/s Classical Channels

Quantum Physics 2018-09-13 v1

Authors: Tobias A. Eriksson , Takuya Hirano , Motoharu Ono , Mikio Fujiwara , Ryo Namiki , Ken-ichiro Yoshino , Akio Tajima , Masahiro Takeoka , Masahide Sasaki

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Abstract

We study coexistence of CV-QKD and 7 classical 12.5 Gbit/s on-off keying channels in WDM transmission over the C-band. We demonstrate key generation with a distilled secret key rate between 20 to 50 kbit/s in experiments running continuously over 24 hours.

Keywords

continuous variable quantum key distribution classical channels wavelength division multiplexing secret key rate coexistence

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.01287,
  title  = {Coexistence of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution and 7 $\times$ 12.5 Gbit/s Classical Channels},
  author = {Tobias A. Eriksson and Takuya Hirano and Motoharu Ono and Mikio Fujiwara and Ryo Namiki and Ken-ichiro Yoshino and Akio Tajima and Masahiro Takeoka and Masahide Sasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01287},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

2018 IEEE Summer Topicals, paper MD4.2

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