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Relayed-QKD and switched-QKD networks performance comparison considering physical layer QKD limitations

Quantum Physics 2023-10-27 v1
Authors: N. Makris , A. Papageorgopoulos , P. Konteli , I. Tsoni , K. Christodoulopoulos , G. T. Kanellos , D. Syvridis
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Abstract

We experimentally evaluate the SKR generation for unoptimized QKD pairs in switched QKD and compare the performance of the switched-QKD with relayed-QKD networks to reveal they perform better for short distances and at large networks.

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@article{arxiv.2310.17262,
  title  = {Relayed-QKD and switched-QKD networks performance comparison considering physical layer QKD limitations},
  author = {N. Makris and A. Papageorgopoulos and P. Konteli and I. Tsoni and K. Christodoulopoulos and G. T. Kanellos and D. Syvridis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.17262},
  year   = {2023}
}

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