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Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi

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Machine Learning based Optimization of CV-QKD Under Practical Constraints

Practical hardware limitations, including finite transmitter and receiver filter lengths as well as the finite resolution of digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters, lead to mode mismatch and degrade the performance of continuous-variable quantum key distribution systems. To address this, we develop a machine learning-based end-to-end optimization framework that jointly optimizes transmitter pulse shaping and receiver matched filtering. The approach employs reinforcement learning under realistic hardware constraints, including a limited number of filter taps, finite digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converter resolution, analog low-pass filtering, and the optimal mean photon number. By mitigating mode mismatch and accounting for implementation constraints, the proposed method improves overall system performance. Simulation results demonstrate enhanced secure key rates compared to conventional approaches, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed framework.

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Sequential Neural Probabilistic Amplitude Shaping: Learning the Channel's Language

We present the first neural probabilistic amplitude shaping that outperforms existing methods while accounting for all implementation losses, using a block-less, easily implementable sequential autoregressive encoder compatible with arithmetic distribution matching, yielding reduced rate loss and higher achievable information rates.

cs.LG

Optimization of CV-QKD Under Practical Constraints

Using reinforcement learning, we optimize for practical hardware constraints, including limited FIR filter taps at the transmitter and receiver, mean photon number and finite DAC/ADC resolution. Under these realistic conditions, the proposed approach achieves significant performance improvements.

cs.IT

Secret Key Rate Limits in Coexisting Classical-Quantum Optical Links

Classical-quantum coexistence enables cost-effective transmission of data and quantum signals over the same fiber-optic channel. Nevertheless, weak quantum-key distribution (QKD) signals are susceptible to non-linear interference generated from the classical traffic, primarily spontaneous Raman scattering (SpRS) and four-wave-mixing (FWM), as well as to unfiltered noise. In QKD protocols, increased channel loss and excess noise both reduce the secret key rates (SKRs), as illustrated in this work for the two-state BB84 and Gaussian-modulated coherent-states (GMCS) protocols. In this study, we derive closed-form expressions for evaluating the accumulated interference power from coexisting classical signals in a quantum frequency channel. Our model enables effective design of classical-quantum systems in single-mode fibers (SMFs), capturing the evolution of interference arising from the relevant physical phenomena. We utilize the model to examine frequency allocation in multiband transmission systems, demonstrating that, contrary to common practice of allocating QKD channels in the O-band, increased SKR is achieved by placing quantum channels in the upper E-/lower S-band across the relevant scenarios.

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Neural Probabilistic Amplitude Shaping for Nonlinear Fiber Channels

We introduce neural probabilistic amplitude shaping, a joint-distribution learning framework for coherent fiber systems. The proposed scheme provides a 0.5 dB signal-to-noise ratio gain over sequence selection for dual-polarized 64-QAM transmission across a single-span 205 km link.

cs.LG

Accurate and Effective Model for Coexistence of Classical and Quantum Signals In Optical Fibers

The rising interest in quantum-level communication has resulted in proposals for coexistence schemes with classical signals within the same fiber optic channel, where the most recent proposals leverage novel fibers designed for space-division multiplexing (SDM) transmission. In all cases the large power difference between classical and quantum channels presents challenges for such schemes, as the classical signals generate interfering noise that corrupts the quantum signal. In this work, we discuss the main interference mechanisms in coexistence scenarios and provide a model to quantify their impact on the quantum signal quality. Analytical approximations in the model allow accurate and fast numerical solutions in the millisecond time-scale. The model accounts for out-of-band non-linear interference effects, namely spontaneous Raman scattering (SpRS) and four-wave-mixing (FWM) in both cases of single-mode and SDM fibers with weakly-coupled degenerate mode groups. Rayleigh and SpRS backscattering are considered in counter-propagating scenarios. Since broadband classical transmission is targeted, the model also accounts for the effect of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)-induced power tilt. Use of the model in sample scenarios indicates that the interference noise power is minimized at the high end of the transmission band in both cases were the quantum is co- and counter-propagating with respect to the classical signals, with a preference of one or the other scheme depending on the link length and quantum signal center frequency. Our model reveals that FWM has negligible impact in counter-propagating schemes, but can be relevant in co-propagating schemes under certain scenarios. Nevertheless, the FWM interference can be mitigated by deallocating the classical signals adjacent to the quantum channel.

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Mode Mismatch Mitigation in Gaussian-Modulated CV-QKD

Technical limitations in pulse shaping lead to mode mismatch, which significantly reduces the secure key rate in CV-QKD systems. To address this, a machine learning approach is employed to optimize the transmitter pulse-shape, effectively minimizing mode mismatch and yielding substantial performance improvements.

cs.IT

Tx-Rx Mode Mismatch Effects in Gaussian-Modulated CV QKD

The impact of technical limitations on pulse shaping used to generate a CV QKD signal is quantified in terms of the attainable secure key rate. Optimization of key spectral efficiency for Gaussian-modulated CV QKD with truncated and discretized root-raised cosine profiles is discussed.

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Complexity-Aware Theoretical Performance Analysis of SDM MIMO Equalizers

We propose a theoretical framework to compute, rapidly and accurately, the signal-to-noise ratio at the output of spatial-division multiplexing (SDM) linear MIMO equalizers with arbitrary numbers of spatial modes and filter taps and demonstrate three orders of magnitude of speed-up compared to Monte Carlo simulations.

cs.IT

Experimental Demonstration of Discrete Modulation Formats for Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution

Quantum key distribution (QKD) enables the establishment of secret keys between users connected via a channel vulnerable to eavesdropping, with information-theoretic security, that is, independently of the power of a malevolent party. QKD systems based on the encoding of the key information on continuous variables (CV), such as the values of the quadrature components of coherent states, present the major advantage that they only require standard telecommunication technology. However, the most general security proofs for CV-QKD required until now the use of Gaussian modulation by the transmitter, complicating practical implementations. Here, we experimentally implement a protocol that allows for arbitrary, Gaussian-like, discrete modulations, whose security is based on a theoretical proof that applies very generally to such situations. These modulation formats are compatible with the use of powerful tools of coherent optical telecommunication, allowing our system to reach a performance of tens of megabit per second secret key rates over 25 km.

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