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June 9, 2019
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Quantum metropolitan optical network based on wavelength division multiplexing

Publicated to: OPTICS EXPRESS. 22 (2): 1576-1593 - 2014-01-27 22(2), DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.001576

Authors:

Ciurana, A; Martinez-Mateo, J; Peev, M; Poppe, A; Walenta, N; Zbinden, H; Martin, V
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Affiliations

AIT Austrian Inst Technol, Opt Quantum Technol Safety & Secur Dept, Vienna, Austria - Author
Grupo de investigación en Información y Computación Cuántica (GIICC). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Univ Geneva, Appl Phys Grp, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Res Grp Quantum Informat & Computat, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is maturing quickly. However, the current approaches to its application in optical networks make it an expensive technology. QKD networks deployed to date are designed as a collection of point-to-point, dedicated QKD links where non-neighboring nodes communicate using the trusted repeater paradigm. We propose a novel optical network model in which QKD systems share the communication infrastructure by wavelength multiplexing their quantum and classical signals. The routing is done using optical components within a metropolitan area which allows for a dynamically any-to-any communication scheme. Moreover, it resembles a commercial telecom network, takes advantage of existing infrastructure and utilizes commercial components, allowing for an easy, cost-effective and reliable deployment. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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Keywords

Cryptography systemsFiberField-testKey distributionPonQkdTransmission

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal OPTICS EXPRESS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 10/87, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Optics.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.29. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.31 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 74
  • Scopus: 81
  • Europe PMC: 6
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 62.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 63 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/33018/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 577
  • Downloads: 331
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Austria; Switzerland.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Ciurana, A.) and Last Author (MARTIN AYUSO, VICENTE).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MARTIN AYUSO, VICENTE.

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Awards linked to the item

This work has been partially supported by projects QUITEMAD, Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, and Quantum Hybrid Networks, Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain. GAP acknowledges financial support from NCCR-QSIT. AIT acknowledges support by the project QKD-Telco: Practical Quantum Key Distribution over Telecom Infrastructures, within the FIT-IT programme funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) in coordination with the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). The authors also thank P. Corredera for his assistance regarding the characterization of the AWG, and M. Soto and Telefonica I+D for the loan of the OSA, EDFA and fiber prototype network used in this work.
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