Long-term performance of the SwissQuantum quantum key distribution network in a field environment
| Autor: | Norbert Felber, Roselyne Voirol, Jose Tavares, Matthieu Legre, Nino Walenta, Francois Buntschu, Luca Henzen, L. Monat, Patrick Trinkler, Grégoire Ribordy, Damien Stucki, Samantha Ventura, Nicolas Gisin, Rob Thew, Pascal Junod, Bernard Frédéric Clausen, Hugo Zbinden, D. Perroud, J.-B. Page, G. Litzistorf, A. Rochas, S. Robyr, Patrick Monbaron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Quantum Physics
business.industry Computer science Reliability (computer networking) FOS: Physical sciences General Physics and Astronomy ddc:500.2 Quantum key distribution 01 natural sciences Application layer Term (time) 010309 optics 0103 physical sciences Key (cryptography) Layer (object-oriented design) Quantum Physics (quant-ph) 010306 general physics business Key management Quantum Computer network |
| Zdroj: | New Journal of Physics, 13 New Journal of Physics New Journal of Physics, Vol. 13, No 12 (2011) P. 123001 |
| ISSN: | 1367-2630 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1367-2630/13/12/123001 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we report on the performance of the SwissQuantum quantum key distribution (QKD) network. The network was installed in the Geneva metropolitan area and ran for more than one-and-a-half years, from the end of March 2009 to the beginning of January 2011. The main goal of this experiment was to test the reliability of the quantum layer over a long period of time in a production environment. A key management layer has been developed to manage the key between the three nodes of the network. This QKD-secure network was utilized by end-users through an application layer. New Journal of Physics, 13 ISSN:1367-2630 |
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