Scalable and secure architecture for quantum networks
Muneer Alshowkan, Philip G. Evans, Brian P. Williams, Nageswara S. V. Rao, Claire E. Marvinney, Yun‐Yi Pai, Benjamin J. Lawrie, Nicholas A. Peters, Joseph M. Lukens · 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) · 2022
We demonstrate a scalable quantum local area network design with secure classical communications for data management and instrument control. In this design, secret keys generated from quantum key distribution are supplied to commercial off-the-shelf firewalls to establish encrypted control planes between three remote nodes.