Phase-coding quantum-key-distribution system based on Sagnac-Mach-Zehnder interferometers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01152v1
• Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 01:07:45 GMT
• Title: Phase-coding quantum-key-distribution system based on Sagnac-Mach-Zehnder interferometers
• Authors: Xiao-Tian Song, Dong Wang, Xiao-Ming Lu, Da-Jun Huang, Di Jiang, Li-Xian Li, Xi Fang, Yi-Bo Zhao, Liang-Jiang Zhou,
• Abstract summary: We propose a polarization-insensitive phase-coding QKD system based on Sagnac-Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The robustness and long-term stability of the QKD system is confirmed with a 10-day continuous operation over a 12.6-dB channel. The secure key rate of the QKD system for a typical channel loss of 10 dB reaches 6.89 kbps, and the achievable maximum transmission distance exceeds 125 km.
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• Abstract: Stability and robustness are important criteria to evaluate the performance of a quantum-key-distribution (QKD) system in real-life applications. However, the inherent birefringence effect of the fiber channel and disturbance caused by the variation of the deployment environment of the QKD system tremendously decreases its performance. To eliminate this adverse impact, we propose a polarization-insensitive phase-coding QKD system based on Sagnac-Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Verified by theoretical analysis and experimental tests, this QKD system is robust against channel polarization disturbance. The robustness and long-term stability of the QKD system is confirmed with a 10-day continuous operation over a 12.6-dB channel, which consists of a 50-km fiber spool and a polarization scrambler (2 rad/s). As a result, an average quantum bit error rate of 0.958% and a sustained secure key rate of 3.68 kbps are obtained. Moreover, the secure key rate of the QKD system for a typical channel loss of 10 dB reaches 6.89 kbps, and the achievable maximum transmission distance exceeds 125 km.

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