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Entanglement Distribution in Optical Networks

Publicated to: IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 21 (3): 37-48 - 2015-06-01 21(3), DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2367241

Authors:

Ciurana, A; Martin, V; Martinez-Mateo, J; Schrenk, B; Peev, M; Poppe, A
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Affiliations

Austrian Inst Technol, Business Unit Opt Quantum Technol, Safety & Secur Dept, A-1220 Vienna, Austria - Author
Grupo de investigación en Información y Computación Cuántica (GIICC). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Informat, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The ability to generate entangled photon pairs over a broad wavelength range opens the door to the simultaneous distribution of entanglement to multiple users in a network by using centralized sources and flexible wavelength-division multiplexing schemes. Here, we show the design of a metropolitan optical network consisting of tree-type access networks, whereby entangled photon pairs are distributed to any pair of users, independent of their location. The network is constructed employing commercial off-the-shelf components and uses the existing infrastructure, which allows for moderate deployment costs. We further develop a channel plan and a network-architecture design to provide a direct optical path between any pair of users; thus, allowing classical and one-way quantum communication, as well as entanglement distribution. This allows the simultaneous operation of multiple quantum information technologies. Finally, we present a more flexible backbone architecture that pushes away the load limitations of the original network design by extending its reach, number of users and capabilities.
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Keywords

AreaCryptographyEntanglement distributionFieldInstalled fiberOptical network unitsOptical networksOptical polarizationOptical switchesPhotonicsQuantum entanglementQuantum key distributionTransmissionWavelength division multiplexingWavelength division multiplexing entanglement distribution quantum key distribution optical networks

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS 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, 2015, it was in position 26/145, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physics, Applied.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-24:

  • WoS: 26
  • Scopus: 37
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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: 34.
  • 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: 34 (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): 2 (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/33020/

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: 585
  • Downloads: 509
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

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

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, Alex) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Ciurana, Alex.

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported in part by the project HyQuNet, TEC2012-35673 by Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain, and by the project QKD-Telco by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) under Contract 835926.
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