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arXiv:2406.06540

Noise characterization for co-propagation of classical and CV-QKD signals over fiber and free-space link

João Frazão, Vincent van Vliet, Kadir Gümüş, Menno van den Hout, Sjoerd van der Heide, Aaron Albores-Mejía, Boris Škorić, Chigo M. Okonkwo

Published Apr 25, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Real-time CV-QKD receiver achieves peak 2.9 Mbit/s secret-key-rates over 12.8 km of fiber, while co-propagating 15 classical channels, separated 1 nm from the quantum signal. Performance degrades at higher launch powers due to crosstalk.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2406.06540

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