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中国物理学会期刊

量子密钥分发系统中抗扰动偏振编码模式的实验研究

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.70.20210749

Experimental research on disturbance resistant polarization modulation mode for quantum key distribution

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.70.20210749
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  • 基于移动设备的自由空间量子密钥分发系统能够为实时全覆盖多节点网络提供有效的解决方案, 然而该系统目前依旧存在着稳定性不足的问题, 偏振编码器的抗扰动性在移动设备应用中非常重要. 在扰动情况下保偏光纤的偏振保持特性将受到很大程度的影响, 进而使得基于该特性的编码器的稳定性也随之受到影响. 为解决扰动情况下偏振编码的稳定性问题, 本文提出了一种双向差分调制模式, 该种调制模式可以使基于双向回路的偏振编码器即使在扰动情况下依旧能够实现稳定编码. 为此设计了双向差分调制的原理验证实验, 实验在250 MHz的重复频率下进行, 并使用200 Hz的振动来模拟实际扰动环境, 在实验最后使用了商用雪崩型单光子探测器进行了持续2 h的测试, 得到了在扰动情况下系统的平均量子比特误码率为0.36%, 误码率波动范围不超过0.2%.

     

    A free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) system based on mobile equipment can provide an effective method to construct a real-time full-coverage multi-node network. However, the existing free-space QKD systems based on mobile devices encounter the challenge regarding the lack of stability caused by equipment disturbance. The robustness of the QKD polarization encoder against mobile device disturbance will be significant. Owing to the inevitable disturbance in practical applications, even the polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) cannot maintain its polarization-maintaining characteristics well, which in turn affects the stability of some systems based on PMF. Therefore, in order to ensure that stable coding can be achieved under disturbances, we propose a two-way differential modulation mode, in which stable coding can still be achieved even under disturbances. At the same time, in order to verify the actual anti-disturbance characteristics of the mode, the polarization-modulated unit (PMU) with a two-way differential modulation mode is used in this study to generate four long-term stable polarization states subjected to the disturbances with a frequency of 200 Hz. At the same time, the PMU has a higher insertion loss, which makes the influence of crosstalk on the system more obvious. We also discuss two ways i.e. the time domain and frequency domain, to reduce the crosstalk which is caused by the imperfection of the device. The experiment is performed at a repetition frequency of 250 MHz, and a commercial avalanche single-photon detector is used to detect the system’s quantum bit error rate (QBER). Under the condition of no disturbance, the average QBER is 0.39% in 2 h. Then a vibration of approximately 200 Hz is used to simulate the practical disturbances, the average QBER is 0.36% in 2 h, and the fluctuation range of the QBER is only within 0.2%. We propose the first feasible encoding scheme in disturbed environments to ensure the long-term stability of the encoded polarization states, which is expected to be used in the multi-node expansion of the quantum network.

     

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