A polychromatic continuous-variable quantum communication network enabled by optical frequency combs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04399v2
• Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:59:08 GMT
• Title: A polychromatic continuous-variable quantum communication network enabled by optical frequency combs
• Authors: Yuehan Xu, Qijun Zhang, Junpeng Zhang, Xiaojuan Liao, Ziyi Shen, Xu Liu, Beibei Zhang, Zicong Tan, Zehao Zhou, Jisheng Dai, Xueqin Jiang, Peng Huang, Tao Wang, Guihua Zeng,
• Abstract summary: We report a polychromatic continuous-variable quantum communication network enabled by optical frequency combs.<n>Compared to other multiplexing techniques, polychromatic quantum networks can theoretically achieve a secret key rate without decreasing with the increase in users.
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• Abstract: In classical communication, the introduction of polychromatic resources has rapidly boosted classical networks' rate and scale. Quantum communication is now at a similar critical stage in its development, and therefore, it is essential to investigate polychromatic quantum communication networks. In this letter, we report a polychromatic continuous-variable quantum communication network enabled by optical frequency combs. The multi-mode density matrices constituted by polychromatic quantum networks are studied. Considering the limited mode isolation, the maximum amount of information that eavesdroppers can obtain is recalculated, therefore, the total secret key rate is provided. We have also demonstrated that, compared to other multiplexing techniques, polychromatic quantum networks can theoretically achieve a secret key rate without decreasing with the increase in users. In the experiment, direct-transmission type and round-trip type quantum communication networks were built using optical frequency combs and dual-comb interference detection technology. The Gaussian-modulated continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocol has been validated, with a network capacity of 19 and a total secret key rate of 8.75 Gbps at a uniform distance of 5 km (asymptotic case), 0.82 Mbps at 120 km (finite-size effect), 89.10 Mbps at 40 km (compsable security), 13.66 Mbps at 40 km (compsable finite-size security). This implementation not only provides technical support for a high-speed multi-node quantum network, but also provides a solution for the future quantum Internet with continuous variables.

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