Inter-Core Crosstalk Impact of Classical Channels on CV-QKD in Multicore Fiber Transmission
11 Jan 2019
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Eriksson Tobias A.,
Puttnam Benjamin J.,
Rademacher Georg,
Luis Ruben S.,
Takeoka Masahiro,
Awaji Yoshinari,
Sasaki Masahide,
Wada Naoya·
Crosstalk-induced excess noise is experimentally characterized for
continuous-variable quantum key distribution, spatially multiplexed with WDM
PM-16QAM channels in a 19-core fiber. The measured noise-sources are used to
estimate the secret key rates for different wavelength channels.