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arXiv:1809.01287 · IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

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

Tobias A. Eriksson, Takuya Hirano, Motoharu Ono, Mikio Fujiwara, Ryo Namiki, Ken-ichiro Yoshino, Akio Tajima, Masahiro Takeoka, Masahide Sasaki

Published Jul 1, 2018• 20 citations
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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.
DOI
10.1109/phosst.2018.8456709

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