Characterization and stability measurement of deployed multicore fibers for quantum applications

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.06849v1
• Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:24:59 GMT
• Title: Characterization and stability measurement of deployed multicore fibers for quantum applications
• Authors: Davide Bacco, Nicola Biagi, Ilaria Vagniluca, Tetsuya Hayashi, Antonio Mecozzi, Cristian Antonelli, Leif K. Oxenl{\o}we, Alessandro Zavatta
• Abstract summary: We characterize for the first time, in terms of phase stability, multiple strands of a 4-core multicore fiber installed underground in the city of L'Aquila. We investigate the possibility of using such an infrastructure to implement quantum-enhanced schemes, such as high-dimensional quantum key distribution, quantum-based environmental sensors.
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• Abstract: Multicore fibers are expected to be a game-changer in the coming decades thanks to their intrinsic properties, allowing a larger transmission bandwidth and a lower footprint in optical communications. In addition, multicore fibers have recently been explored for quantum communication, attesting their uniqueness in transporting high-dimensional quantum states. However, investigations and experiments reported in literature have been carried out in research laboratories, typically making use of short fiber links in controlled environments. Thus, the possibility of using long distance multicore fibers for quantum applications is still to be proven. We here characterize for the first time, in terms of phase stability, multiple strands of a 4-core multicore fiber installed underground in the city of L'Aquila, with an overall fiber length up to about 25 km. In this preliminary study, we investigate the possibility of using such an infrastructure to implement quantum-enhanced schemes, such as high-dimensional quantum key distribution, quantum-based environmental sensors, and more in general quantum communication protocols.

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