Long-fiber Sagnac interferometers for twin field quantum key distribution networks
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08009v2
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:16:10 GMT
- Title: Long-fiber Sagnac interferometers for twin field quantum key distribution networks
- Authors: Reem Mandil, Li Qian, Hoi-Kwong Lo,
- Abstract summary: A Sagnac loop structure can help overcome the major difficulty in the practical implementation of a twin field quantum key distribution network.
We show that Rayleigh backscattering noise limits the signal-to-noise ratio for Sagnac systems containing long fibers and lossy photonic devices.
Our results indicate the suitability of a Sagnac system for long-distance TFQKD networks, an important step towards the practical implementation of metropolitan quantum networks.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Abstract: A Sagnac loop structure can help overcome the major difficulty in the practical implementation of a twin field quantum key distribution (TFQKD) network, namely, the need to stabilize the phase of a quantum state over many kilometers of fiber. Unfortunately, Rayleigh backscattering noise limits the signal-to-noise ratio for Sagnac systems containing long fibers and lossy photonic devices. Here, we solve this problem by sending optical pulses in long on-off bursts and using time post-selection on measurements taken with free-run single-photon avalanche detectors. We also investigate the impact of the residual phase noise uncompensated by the Sagnac structure and find that the variance of the phase noise scales as loop length to the third power, verifying an existing calculation in the literature. We measure the interference visibility in Sagnac loops of varying length without active phase or polarization stabilization and achieve > 97% visibility in 200 km ultra-low-loss fiber, which is, to our knowledge, the longest fiber Sagnac interferometer demonstrated. Our results indicate the suitability of a Sagnac system for long-distance TFQKD networks, an important step towards the practical implementation of metropolitan quantum networks.
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