High-dimensional quantum key distribution based on multicore fiber using silicon photonic integrated circuits

Silicon chip-to-chip high-dimensional quantum key distribution Quantum key distribution (QKD) enables ultimate secure communication guaranteed by quantum mechanics. Most of QKD systems are based on binary encoding utilizing bulky, discrete, and expensive devices. Consequently, a large scale deployme...

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Autores principales: Yunhong Ding, Davide Bacco, Kjeld Dalgaard, Xinlun Cai, Xiaoqi Zhou, Karsten Rottwitt, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Sumario:Silicon chip-to-chip high-dimensional quantum key distribution Quantum key distribution (QKD) enables ultimate secure communication guaranteed by quantum mechanics. Most of QKD systems are based on binary encoding utilizing bulky, discrete, and expensive devices. Consequently, a large scale deployment of this technology has not been achieved. A solution may be by photonic integration, which provides excellent performances and are particularly suitable for manipulation of quantum states. The Center for Silicon Photonics for Optical Communication (SPOC) led by Prof. Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe at the Technical University of Denmark demonstrated an integrated solution for manipulation of new high-dimensional quantum states using spatial degrees of freedom (the cores of a multicore fiber). We achieved the first silicon chip-to-chip decoy-state high-dimensional QKD, which is suitable for longer transmission distance with higher secret key rate, better resilience to noise, and higher information efficiency.