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Core and Wavelength Allocation of Sending-or-not-sending Quantum Key Distribution for Future Metropolitan Networks over Multicore Fiber

Weiwen Kong, Yongmei Sun, Yaoxian Gao, Yuefeng Ji

Published Jan 1, 2022• 7 citations

Abstract

We propose core and wavelength allocation schemes of SNS-QKD for future metropolitan transmission over multicore fiber. Experiments verify that the proposed schemes can suppress noise photons up to 57.54% compared to conventional channel allocation.

DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2022.th2a.37

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