All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution
There are several groups have implemented polarization encoding measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD). However, these groups use manual polarization controller to achieve the initial polarization state for encoders, and some of the encoders cannot fully satisfy the two ba...
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| description | There are several groups have implemented polarization encoding measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD). However, these groups use manual polarization controller to achieve the initial polarization state for encoders, and some of the encoders cannot fully satisfy the two bases for polarization encoding quantum key distribution. Here, we apply an all-fiber and calibration-free intrinsically stable polarization-modulated unit (APMU), which can maintain stable encoding for several hours without any calibration. A proof-of-principle demonstration of MDI-QKD based on our APMU is implemented with the four-intensity decoy state protocol. The proposed APMU can realize stable MDI-QKD encoding and simplify the operation for Alice and Bob, which makes the polarization encoding MDI-QKD more practical. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a9f37490dda4f4dbff6e7c7f256ea342025-08-20T03:32:32ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552023-01-011551710.1109/JPHOT.2023.331677110255118All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key DistributionYongjie Chen0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3852-1672Naida Mo1https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6671-343XJindong Wang2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1597-8215Jianling Yin3https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2919-1492Tianming Zhao4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-201XZhengjun Wei5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-0222Yafei Yu6https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1085-6621Zhiming Zhang7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0505-0432Institute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Shijiazhuang Campus, Army Engineering University of PLA, Shijiazhuang, ChinaInstitute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaThere are several groups have implemented polarization encoding measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD). However, these groups use manual polarization controller to achieve the initial polarization state for encoders, and some of the encoders cannot fully satisfy the two bases for polarization encoding quantum key distribution. Here, we apply an all-fiber and calibration-free intrinsically stable polarization-modulated unit (APMU), which can maintain stable encoding for several hours without any calibration. A proof-of-principle demonstration of MDI-QKD based on our APMU is implemented with the four-intensity decoy state protocol. The proposed APMU can realize stable MDI-QKD encoding and simplify the operation for Alice and Bob, which makes the polarization encoding MDI-QKD more practical.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10255118/Quantum key distributionMeasurement-device-independentCalibration-freeIntrinsic-stability |
| spellingShingle | Yongjie Chen Naida Mo Jindong Wang Jianling Yin Tianming Zhao Zhengjun Wei Yafei Yu Zhiming Zhang All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution IEEE Photonics Journal Quantum key distribution Measurement-device-independent Calibration-free Intrinsic-stability |
| title | All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_full | All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_fullStr | All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_short | All-Fiber and Calibration-Free Intrinsically Stable Polarization-Modulated Units for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_sort | all fiber and calibration free intrinsically stable polarization modulated units for measurement device independent quantum key distribution |
| topic | Quantum key distribution Measurement-device-independent Calibration-free Intrinsic-stability |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10255118/ |
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