O-band QKD link over a multiple ONT loaded carrier-grade GPON for FTTH applications

2023/10/26 by Nikolaos Makris, Argiris Ntanos, Makris, N. +23
Engineering · #Advanced Optical Network Technologies #Advanced Photonic Communication Systems #FOS: Electrical engineering #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Network Technologies #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Signal Processing (eess.SP) #electronic engineering #information engineering

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.17259

openalex publication_date 2023/10/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We have successfully integrated an O-band commercial Quantum-Key-Distribution (QKD) system over a lit GPON testbed that replicates a carrier-grade Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) optical access network with multiple ONTs to emulate real-life FTTH operational deployments.

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