Paving the Way towards 800 Gbps Quantum-Secured Optical Channel Deployment in Mission-Critical Environments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.07764v1
• Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:31:27 GMT
• Title: Paving the Way towards 800 Gbps Quantum-Secured Optical Channel Deployment in Mission-Critical Environments
• Authors: Farzam Toudeh-Fallah, Marco Pistoia, Yasushi Kawakura, Navid Moazzami, David H. Kramer, Robert I. Woodward, Greg Sysak, Benny John, Omar Amer, Antigoni O. Polychroniadou, Jeffrey Lyon, Suresh Shetty, Tulasi D. Movva, Sudhir Upadhyay, Monik R. Behera, Joseph A. Dolphin, Paul A. Haigh, James F. Dynes, Andrew J. Shields
• Abstract summary: This article describes experimental research studies conducted towards understanding the implementation aspects of high-capacity quantum-secured optical channels. An 800 Gbps quantum-secured optical channel was established at distances up to 100 km, with secure-key rates relevant for practical industry use cases. A blockchain application was utilized as a demonstration of securing a financial transaction in transit over a quantum-secured optical channel.
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• Abstract: This article describes experimental research studies conducted towards understanding the implementation aspects of high-capacity quantum-secured optical channels in mission-critical metro-scale operational environments based on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology. The test bed for this research study was carefully designed to mimic such environments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that an 800 Gbps quantum-secured optical channel--along with several other Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed (DWDM) channels on the C-band and multiplexed with the QKD channel on the O-band--was established at distances up to 100 km, with secure-key rates relevant for practical industry use cases. In addition, during the course of these trials, transporting a blockchain application over this established channel was utilized as a demonstration of securing a financial transaction in transit over a quantum-secured optical channel. In a real-world operational environment, deployment of such high-capacity quantum-secured optical channels multiplexed with the quantum channel will inevitably introduce challenges due to their strict requirements, such as high launch powers and polarization fluctuations. Therefore, in the course of this research, experimental studies were conducted on the impact on the system performance--and specifically on the quantum channel--of several degradation factors present in real-world operational environments, including inter-channel interference (due to Raman scattering and nonlinear effects), attenuation, polarization fluctuations and distance dependency. The findings of this research pave the way towards the deployment of QKD-secured optical channels in high-capacity, metro-scale, mission-critical operational environments, such as Inter-Data Center Interconnects.

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