Enabling shortwave-QKD in short-reach networks: impact of a composite ODN native to telecom applications

Mariana Ferreira Ramos; Costin Luchian; Michael Hentschel; Florian Honz; Marie-Christine Slater; Hannes Hübel; Bernhard Schrenk

doi:10.1364/OL.574096

Enabling shortwave-QKD in short-reach networks: impact of a composite ODN native to telecom applications

Mariana Ferreira Ramos
, Costin Luchian
, Michael Hentschel
, Florian Honz
, Marie-Christine Slater
, Hannes Hübel
, Bernhard Schrenk

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We deploy shortwave-QKD over short-reach in-house/datacom architectures and show that few-mode propagation and speckle-selective loss severely impact the QKD performance. We accomplish 12 kb/s secure-key generation in the presence
of 50 co-existing data channels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6409-6412
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	50
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.574096
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Former Research Field - Enabling Digital Technologies

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