Title :
First quantum secured 10-Gb/s DWDM transmission over the same installed fibre
Author :
Choi, Inyoung ; Yu Rong Zhou ; Dynes, James ; Zhiliang Yuan ; Klar, Andreas ; Sharpe, Andrew ; Plews, Alan ; Lucamarini, Marco ; Radig, Christian ; Neubert, Jonas ; Griesser, Helmut ; Eiselt, Michael ; Chunnilall, Christopher ; Lepert, Guillaume ; Sinclai
Author_Institution :
Toshiba Res. Eur. Ltd., Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
We present the first field trial of a quantum-secured DWDM transmission system, where real time refreshed quantum keys and 4×10Gb/s encrypted data are simultaneously transmitted over 26km of installed fibre. Scalability to over 40 channels is analyzed.
Keywords :
optical fibres; quantum cryptography; telecommunication security; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cryptographic primitive; dense wavelength division multiplexing transmission system; installed fibre; quantum key distribution; quantum-secured DWDM transmission system; real time refreshed quantum keys; scalability analysis; unprecedented data security level; Encryption; Noise; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964032
