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Title: Demonstration of Quantum Channel Monitoring via Quantum Wrappers

We experimentally demonstrate quantum channel monitoring by wavelength-time multiplexing of classical wrapper bits with quantum payloads. Bit-error-rate measurements of 5 Gb/s classical bits infer the coincidence-to-accidental ratio of the quantum channel up to 13.3 dB.

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Award ID(s):
1836921
NSF-PAR ID:
10468440
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Publisher / Repository:
Optica Publishing Group
Date Published:
ISBN:
978-1-957171-18-0
Page Range / eLocation ID:
Tu3H.4
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Medium: X
Location:
San Diego California
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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