Scalable high-rate, high-dimensional time-bin encoding quantum key distribution

Islam, Nurul T.; Lim, Charles Ci Wen; Cahall, Clinton; Qi, Bing; Kim, Jungsang; Gauthier, Daniel J.

doi:10.1088/2058-9565/ab21a4

Title: Scalable high-rate, high-dimensional time-bin encoding quantum key distribution

Journal Article · 11 June 2019 · Quantum Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ab21a4 · OSTI ID:1526373

^[1]; Lim, Charles Ci Wen ^[2]; Cahall, Clinton ^[3];

^[4]; Kim, Jungsang ^[5]; Gauthier, Daniel J. ^[6]

The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); IonQ, Inc., College Park, MD (United States)
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a new scheme for measuring high-dimensional phase states using a two-photon interference technique, which we refer to as quantum-controlled measurement. Using this scheme, we implement a d-dimensional time-phase quantum key distribution (QKD) system and achieve secret key rates of 5.26 and 8.65 Mbps using d = 2 and d = 8 quantum states, respectively, for a 4 dB channel loss, illustrating that high-dimensional time-phase QKD protocols are advantageous for low-loss quantum channels. Here, this work paves the way for practical high-dimensional QKD protocols for metropolitan-scale systems. Furthermore, our results apply equally well for other high-dimensional protocols, such as those using the spatial degree-of-freedom with orbital angular momentum states being one example.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1526373

Journal Information:: Quantum Science and Technology, Journal Name: Quantum Science and Technology Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 4; ISSN 2058-9565

Publisher:: IOPscienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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