Table 1 Summary of experimental parameters and CV-QPON protocols performance

From: Continuous-variable quantum passive optical network

User

ηl

Vl, mSNU

ε, mSNU

β (%)

FER (%)

KU(TS) (kbits/s)

Bob1

0.0369

51.24

0.794

90.79

4.5

242.8 (322.6)

Bob2

0.0424

52.76

1.558

93.23

43

40.4 (53.1)

Bob3

0.0439

55.42

1.23

91.37

22.3

154.3 (208.9)

Bob4

0.0397

49.74

0.912

91.5

15.3

227.1 (323.5)

Bob5

0.0461

60.14

0.814

91.44

13.6

375.4 (549.2)

Bob6

0.0337

53.14

1.002

91.9

21.5

92.01 (121.2)

Bob7

0.0398

75.18

1.578

94.8

55.4

20.73 (20.73)

Bob8

0.0463

52.66

0.866

90.78

9.5

360.5 (509.6)

  1. ηl: channel transmittance, Vl: electronics noise, ε: excess noise (at the channel output), β: information reconciliation efficiency, FER: frame error rate, KU(TS): untrusted(trusted) key rate