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A 127-Kilometer Quantum-Key Ring Drops Phase Locking, Not Every Control Loop
A three-user laboratory network maintained strong optical interference without active phase stabilization, but polarization feedback, backscatter suppression and simulated decoy-state data remain central to the result.