Noise Analysis and Co-propagation of Continuous-variable Quantum Key Distribution with 14 Classical Channels Over 25.7 km Received With a Real-time Bob
Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany
Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Frazao, Joao dos Reis; Vliet, Vincent van; Hout, Menno van den; Guemues, Kadir; Heide, Sjoerd van der; Gagliano, Alessandro; Parolari, Paola; Gatto, Alberto; Martelli, Paolo; Albores-Mejia, Aaron; Skoric, Boris; Okonkwo, Chigo
Abstract:
Real-time CV-QKD Bob achieves peak 0.65 Mbps secret key rates over 25.7 km of fiber while co-propagating 14 adjacent classical channels. Performance degrades at higher classical launch powers due to higher excess noise from crosstalk and possible nonlinear optical effects.