Paving the Way towards 800 Gbps Quantum-Secured Optical Channel Deployment in Mission-Critical Environments
Abstract
This article describes experimental research studies conducted towards understanding the implementation aspects of high-capacity quantum-secured optical channels in mission-critical metro-scale operational environments using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that an 800 Gbps quantum-secured optical channel -- along with several other Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed (DWDM) channels on the C-band and multiplexed with the QKD channel on the O-band -- was established at distances up to 100 km, with secret key-rates relevant for practical industry use cases. In addition, during the course of these trials, transporting a blockchain application over this established channel was utilized as a demonstration of securing a financial transaction in transit over a quantum-secured optical channel. The findings of this research pave the way towards the deployment of QKD-secured optical channels in high-capacity, metro-scale, mission-critical operational environments, such as Inter-Data Center Interconnects.
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@article{arxiv.2202.07764,
title = {Paving the Way towards 800 Gbps Quantum-Secured Optical Channel Deployment in Mission-Critical Environments},
author = {Marco Pistoia and Omar Amer and Monik R. Behera and Joseph A. Dolphin and James F. Dynes and Benny John and Paul A. Haigh and Yasushi Kawakura and David H. Kramer and Jeffrey Lyon and Navid Moazzami and Tulasi D. Movva and Antigoni Polychroniadou and Suresh Shetty and Greg Sysak and Farzam Toudeh-Fallah and Sudhir Upadhyay and Robert I. Woodward and Andrew J. Shields},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.07764},
year = {2023}
}
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11 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables