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QKD system with fast active optical path length compensation

Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy volume 60, Article number: 060311 (2017) Cite this article

Abstract

We develop a quantum key distribution (QKD) system with fast active optical path length compensation. A rapid and reliable active optical path length compensation scheme is proposed and applied to a plug-and-play QKD system. The system monitors changes in key rates and controls it is own operation automatically. The system achieves its optimal performance within three seconds of operation, which includes a sifted key rate of 5.5 kbps and a quantum bit error rate of less than 2% after an abrupt temperature variation along the 25 km quantum channel. The system also operates well over a 24 h period while completing more than 60 active optical path length compensations.

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  1. Center for Quantum Information, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 136-791, Korea

    Byung Kwon Park, Min Soo Lee, Min Ki Woo, Yong-Su Kim, Sang-Wook Han & Sung Moon

  2. Department of Nano-materials, Science and Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea

    Byung Kwon Park & Min Soo Lee

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This work was supported by the ICT R&D programs of Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning/Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion (Grant No. B0101-16-1355), the Korea Institute of Science and Technology research program (Grant No. 2E27231), and Korea Institute of Science and Technology-Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute research program (Grant No. 2V05340).

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Park, B.K., Lee, M.S., Woo, M.K. et al. QKD system with fast active optical path length compensation. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 60, 060311 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-017-9026-8

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Keywords

  • quantum key distribution
  • optical path length compensation
  • plug and play
  • field programmable gate array

PACS number(s)

  • 03.67.Dd
  • 03.67.Hk
  • 07.05.Dz
  • 07.50.Ek