Integration of classical communication and quantum key distribution using frequency division multiplexing

Yunyu Shao; Ziyi Shen; Yuehan Xu; Lang Li; Zicong Tan; Xiaojuan Liao; Peng Huang; Tao Wang; Guihua Zeng

doi:10.3788/COL202523.032702

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 3, 032702(2025)

Integration of classical communication and quantum key distribution using frequency division multiplexing

Yunyu Shao^1,2, Ziyi Shen¹, Yuehan Xu¹, Lang Li¹, Zicong Tan¹, Xiaojuan Liao¹, Peng Huang^1,2,3, Tao Wang^1,2,3、*, and Guihua Zeng^1,2,3

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Center for Quantum Sensing and Information Processing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²School of Sensing Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

³Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China

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