Title :
Impairment evaluation toward QKD integration in a conventional 20-channel metro network
Author :
Aleksic, Slavisa ; Hipp, Florian ; Winkler, Dominic ; Poppe, Andreas ; Schrenk, Bernhard ; Franzl, Gerald
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Telecommun., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Integration of QKD in telecom infrastructures raises noise issues not present in systems using dedicated fibers. Experiments on a 3-node metro network indicate that integration is possible when allocating broadband quantum channels in the O-band.
Keywords :
channel allocation; integrated optoelectronics; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; O-band; QKD integration; broadband quantum channel allocation; metro network; telecom infrastructures; Noise; Noise level; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Optical variables measurement; Photonics; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
