Superior decoy state and purification quantum key distribution protocols for realistic quantum-dot based single photon sources

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07939v1
• Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:07:50 GMT
• Title: Superior decoy state and purification quantum key distribution protocols for realistic quantum-dot based single photon sources
• Authors: Yoad Ordan, Yuval Bloom, Tamar Levin, Kfir Sulimany, Jennifer A. Hollingsworth, Ronen Rapaport,
• Abstract summary: We experimentally emulate two simple-to-implement protocols that allow practical, far from ideal sub-Poissonian photon sources to outperform state-of-the-art WCS. By engineering the photon statistics of a quantum dot's biexciton-exciton cascade, we show that either a truncated decoy state protocol or a heralded purification protocol can be employed.
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• Abstract: The original proposal of quantum key distribution (QKD) was based on ideal single photon sources, which 40 years later, are still challenging to develop. Therefore, the development of decoy state protocols using weak coherent states (WCS) from lasers, set the frontier in terms of secure key rates. Here, we propose and experimentally emulate two simple-to-implement protocols that allow practical, far from ideal sub-Poissonian photon sources to outperform state-of-the-art WCS. By engineering the photon statistics of a quantum dot's biexciton-exciton cascade, we show that either a truncated decoy state protocol or a heralded purification protocol can be employed to achieve a significantly increased performance in terms of the maximal allowed channel loss for secure key creation, which can exceed that of WCS by more than 3dB. We then show that our recently demonstrated room temperature single photon sources, based on giant colloidal quantum dots coupled to nano-antennas, are already well within the optimal performance range. These protocols can be utilized efficiently on a host of various sub-Poissonian quantum emitters having controllable photon statistics, offering a practical approach to QKD without the hindering requirements on the single photon purity of the photon source.

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