Securing Communication with Quantum Key Distribution: Implications and Impact on Network Performance

• DOI: 10.1364/sppcom.2022.spw2j.2
• Publication Date: 2022-11-10T22:21:27Z
• Authors: Catalina Stan; Carlos Rubio Garcia; Bruno Cimoli; Juan José Vegas O...; Idelfonso Tafur M...; Simon Rommel
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Quantum key distribution; Encryption

With a fully functional point-to-point quantum key distribution link, we demonstrate secret key retrieval by a pair of encryptors and investigate how their addition impacts key network performance indicators on a 10 Gbit/s data channel.