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

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

arXiv:1809.01287 · doi:10.1109/PHOSST.2018.8456709

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.

2018 IEEE Summer Topicals, paper MD4.2

Coexistence of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution and 7 × 12.5 Gbit/s Classical Channels

Abstract

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