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Toward Trusted Optical Communications with Optical Physical Unclonable Functions and Blockchain

Luis Velasco, Stella Civelli, Pantea Nadimi Goki, Sima Barzegar, M. Ruiz, Luca Potì

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Trusted optical communications go beyond encryption and requires also the attestation of the integrity of the optical transponders. We propose optical identification and blockchain for the continuous remote attestation of optical systems with immutable traceability. © 2025 The Authors1
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10.1364/ofc.2025.tu2h.7

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