• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 3, Issue 5, 055002 (2021)
Xiaodong Zheng1、†, Peiyu Zhang1, Renyou Ge2, Liangliang Lu1, Guanglong He1, Qi Chen1, Fangchao Qu1, Labao Zhang1、*, Xinlun Cai2、*, Yanqing Lu1, Shining Zhu1, Peiheng Wu1, and Xiao-Song Ma1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Nanjing University, National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Research Institute of Superconducting Electronics, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China
  • 2Sun Yat-sen University, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangzhou, China
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.3.5.055002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xiaodong Zheng, Peiyu Zhang, Renyou Ge, Liangliang Lu, Guanglong He, Qi Chen, Fangchao Qu, Labao Zhang, Xinlun Cai, Yanqing Lu, Shining Zhu, Peiheng Wu, Xiao-Song Ma. Heterogeneously integrated, superconducting silicon-photonic platform for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2021, 3(5): 055002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Integrated photonics provides a route to both miniaturization of quantum key distribution (QKD) devices and enhancing their performance. A key element for achieving discrete-variable QKD is a single-photon detector. It is highly desirable to integrate detectors onto a photonic chip to enable the realization of practical and scalable quantum networks. We realize a heterogeneously integrated, superconducting silicon-photonic chip. Harnessing the unique high-speed feature of our optical waveguide-integrated superconducting detector, we perform the first optimal Bell-state measurement (BSM) of time-bin encoded qubits generated from two independent lasers. The optimal BSM enables an increased key rate of measurement-device-independent QKD (MDI-QKD), which is immune to all attacks against the detection system and hence provides the basis for a QKD network with untrusted relays. Together with the time-multiplexed technique, we have enhanced the sifted key rate by almost one order of magnitude. With a 125-MHz clock rate, we obtain a secure key rate of 6.166 kbps over 24.0 dB loss, which is comparable to the state-of-the-art MDI-QKD experimental results with a GHz clock rate. Combined with integrated QKD transmitters, a scalable, chip-based, and cost-effective QKD network should become realizable in the near future.

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    Xiaodong Zheng, Peiyu Zhang, Renyou Ge, Liangliang Lu, Guanglong He, Qi Chen, Fangchao Qu, Labao Zhang, Xinlun Cai, Yanqing Lu, Shining Zhu, Peiheng Wu, Xiao-Song Ma. Heterogeneously integrated, superconducting silicon-photonic platform for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2021, 3(5): 055002
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