High-efficiency and long-distance quantum memory-assisted device-independent quantum secret sharing with single photon sources

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12288v2
• Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:28:21 GMT
• Title: High-efficiency and long-distance quantum memory-assisted device-independent quantum secret sharing with single photon sources
• Authors: Qi Zhang, Jia-Wei Ying, Shi-Pu Gu, Xing-Fu Wang, Ming-Ming Du, Wei Zhong, Lan Zhou, Yu-Bo Sheng,
• Abstract summary: Device-independent (DI) QSS provides the highest security level for quantum networks.<n>We propose the quantum memory-assisted (QMA) DI QSS protocol based on single photon sources (SPSs)<n>Our protocol achieves the practical key generation efficiency seven orders of magnitude higher than that of the existing DI QSS protocols.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Quantum secret sharing (QSS) plays a critical role in building the distributed quantum networks. Device-independent (DI) QSS provides the highest security level for QSS. However, the photon transmission loss and extremely low multipartite entanglement generation rate largely limit DI QSS's secure photon transmission distance (less than 1 km) and practical key generation efficiency. To address the above drawbacks, we propose the quantum memory-assisted (QMA) DI QSS protocol based on single photon sources (SPSs). The single photons from the SPSs are used to construct long-distance multipartite entanglement channels with the help of the heralded architecture. The heralded architecture enables our protocol to have an infinite secure photon transmission distance in theory. The QMA technology can not only increase the multi-photon synchronization efficiency, but also optimize the photon transmittance to maximize the construction efficiency of the multipartite entanglement channels. Our protocol achieves the practical key generation efficiency seven orders of magnitude higher than that of the existing DI QSS protocols based on cascaded spontaneous parametric down-conversion sources and six orders of magnitude higher than that of the DI QSS based on SPSs without QMA. Our protocol has modular characteristics and is feasible under the current experimental technical conditions. Combining with the advanced random key generation basis strategy, the requirement on experimental devices can be effectively reduced. Our protocol is expected to promote the development of long-distance and high-efficiency DI quantum network in the future.

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