Dynamic Switched Quantum Key Distribution Network with PUF-based authentication

Persefoni Konteli; Nikolaos Makris; Evgenia Niovi Sassalou; Stylianos A. Kazazis; Alkinoos Papageorgopoulos; Stefanos Vasileiadis; Konstantinos Tsimvrakidis; Symeon Tsintzos; Georgios M. Nikolopoulos; George T. Kanellos

Dynamic Switched Quantum Key Distribution Network with PUF-based authentication

Cryptography and Security 2025-10-22 v2

Authors: Persefoni Konteli , Nikolaos Makris , Evgenia Niovi Sassalou , Stylianos A. Kazazis , Alkinoos Papageorgopoulos , Stefanos Vasileiadis , Konstantinos Tsimvrakidis , Symeon Tsintzos , Georgios M. Nikolopoulos , George T. Kanellos

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Abstract

We demonstrate a centrally controlled dynamic switched-QKD network, with integrated PUF-based dynamic authentication for each QKD link. The performance of the dynamic switched-QKD network with real-time PUF-based authentication is analyzed.

Keywords

quantum key distribution

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.17552,
  title  = {Dynamic Switched Quantum Key Distribution Network with PUF-based authentication},
  author = {Persefoni Konteli and Nikolaos Makris and Evgenia Niovi Sassalou and Stylianos A. Kazazis and Alkinoos Papageorgopoulos and Stefanos Vasileiadis and Konstantinos Tsimvrakidis and Symeon Tsintzos and Georgios M. Nikolopoulos and George T. Kanellos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.17552},
  year   = {2025}
}

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