Frontiers in Optics

First demonstration of an 8-node Mbps quantum access network based on passive optical distribution network facilities

Yiming Bian, Yan Pan, Ma Li, Heng Wang, Jiayi Dou, Yaodi Pi, Jie Yang, Yang Li, Wei Huang, Song Yu, Yichen Zhang, Bingjie Xu

Published Jan 1, 2023• 2 citations

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Abstract

Quantum access network with 8 nodes and a secret key rate of over 6 Mbps per user is firstly demonstrated using passive optical distribution network facilities, paving the way of high-performance and scalable quantum-secured network.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2023.jtu7a.4

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