Branched DPS-QKD Employing a WDM-Compatible Silicon Micro-Ring Resonator as Shared Quantum State Analyser

Author(s)
Florian Honz, Paul Müllner, Michael Hentschel, Philip Walther, Hannes Hübel, Rainer Hainberqer, Bernhard Schrenk
Abstract

We prove micro-ring resonator assisted DPS-QKD as multi-wavelength alternative to delay-interferometer based implementations. We show wavelength-agnostic generation of secure keys over 13 WDM channels ranging from 1534.3 to 1555.3nm. We further demonstrate simultaneous QKD operation over 12.8km, for which two users shared the state analyser.

Organisation(s)
Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Austrian Institute of Technology
No. of pages
4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/ECOC66593.2025.11262979
Publication date
12-2025
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103021 Optics, 103025 Quantum mechanics, 202043 Network security
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/8ee9541b-de01-4bcb-acf8-4f8e8dc2755b