In-field demonstrations in real-world scenarios boost the development of quantum key distribution (QKD) towards its integration in existing infrastructures. Although QKD devices are already adopted outside the laboratories, current field implementations still suffer from high costs and low performances, preventing this technology from a large-scale deployment in telecommunication networks. Here, we present the developing of a cost-effective setup for QKD field trials, implemented for testing QKD performances in two different scenarios: (i) using an installed fiber link the metropolitan area of Florence (Italy); (ii) using a submarine optical fiber channel between Malta and Sicily.
Fiber-Based Stations for Quantum Key Distribution Field Trials over Installed Fiber Links / Vagniluca, I; Bacco, D; Zavatta, A. - ELETTRONICO. - (2020), pp. 1-4. (Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)) [10.1109/icton51198.2020.9203509].
Fiber-Based Stations for Quantum Key Distribution Field Trials over Installed Fiber Links
Bacco, D;
2020
Abstract
In-field demonstrations in real-world scenarios boost the development of quantum key distribution (QKD) towards its integration in existing infrastructures. Although QKD devices are already adopted outside the laboratories, current field implementations still suffer from high costs and low performances, preventing this technology from a large-scale deployment in telecommunication networks. Here, we present the developing of a cost-effective setup for QKD field trials, implemented for testing QKD performances in two different scenarios: (i) using an installed fiber link the metropolitan area of Florence (Italy); (ii) using a submarine optical fiber channel between Malta and Sicily.
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