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    • Quantum Information Science
    • Telecommunications Engineering
    • Cybersecurity

    Background:

    • Quantum key distribution (QKD) offers enhanced security over classical cryptography.
    • Continuous-variable QKD (CV-QKD) utilizes quantum properties of light for secure key exchange.
    • Field implementation challenges, such as excess noise, need investigation for practical CV-QKD networks.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To report the first field implementation of a point-to-point CV-QKD network.
    • To investigate the impact of a real-world environment on excess noise in CV-QKD.
    • To verify the maturity and applicability of CV-QKD in a metropolitan setting.

    Main Methods:

    • Deployment of four CV-QKD nodes using standard communication infrastructure and commercial optical fiber.
    • Implementation within a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) framework.
    • Analysis of excess noise under complex and volatile field conditions.

    Main Results:

    • Successful and reliable key exchange was achieved in the deployed CV-QKD network.
    • The study quantified the impact of environmental factors on excess noise.
    • The performance of CV-QKD in a metropolitan area was validated.

    Conclusions:

    • The field implementation demonstrates the practical viability of CV-QKD networks.
    • Controlling excess noise is critical for enhancing distance and secure key rates.
    • This work paves the way for next-generation global secure communication networks.