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Title: Metropolitan Quantum Key Distribution with Silicon Photonics

Journal Article · · Physical Review. X
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA (United States)
  4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  5. MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA (United States)
  6. Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States)

Photonic integrated circuits provide a compact and stable platform for quantum photonics. Here we demonstrate a silicon photonics quantum key distribution (QKD) encoder in the first high-speed polarization-based QKD field tests. The systems reach composable secret key rates of 1.039 Mbps in a local test (on a 103.6-m fiber with a total emulated loss of 9.2 dB) and 157 kbps in an intercity metropolitan test (on a 43-km fiber with 16.4 dB loss). Our results represent the highest secret key generation rate for polarization-based QKD experiments at a standard telecom wavelength and demonstrate photonic integrated circuits as a promising, scalable resource for future formation of metropolitan quantum-secure communications networks.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003525; AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1432127
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1429715; OSTI ID: 1477871; OSTI ID: 1478337
Report Number(s):
SAND-2017-13521J; SAND2018-2171J; SAND-2017-6745J; PRXHAE; 659515; TRN: US1802391
Journal Information:
Physical Review. X, Vol. 8, Issue 2; ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 114 works
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