Marco, Innocenzo De, Woodward, Robert I., Roberts, George L. et al. (6 more authors) (2021) Real-time operation of a multi-rate, multi-protocol quantum key distribution transmitter. Working Paper. ArXiv e-prints .
Abstract
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is the best candidate for securing communications against attackers, who may in the future exploit quantum-enhanced computational powers to break classical encryption. As such, new challenges are arising from our need for large-scale deployment of QKD systems. In a realistic scenario, transmitting and receiving devices from different vendors should be able to communicate with each other without the need for matching hardware. Therefore, practical deployment of QKD would require hardware capable of adapting to different protocols and clock rates. Here, we address this challenge by presenting a multi-rate, multi-protocol QKD transmitter linked to a correspondingly adaptable QKD receiver. The flexibility of the transmitter, achieved by optical injection locking, allows us to connect it with two receivers with inherently different clock rates. Furthermore, we demonstrate the multi-protocol operation of our transmitter, communicating with receiving parties employing different decoding circuits.
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Item Type: | Monograph |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | 7 pages, 4 figures |
Keywords: | quant-ph |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2022 16:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 11:39 |
Status: | Published |
Series Name: | ArXiv e-prints |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183526 |
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