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Published on: February 12, 2013
Mitigating the effect of atmospheric turbulence on orbital angular momentum-based quantum key distribution using
Abstract:
Quantum key distribution (QKD) employed orbital angular momentum (OAM) for high-dimensional encoding enhances the system security and information capacity between two communication parties. However, such advantagesare significantly degraded because of the fragility of OAM states in atmospheric turbulence. Unlike previous researches, we first investigate the performance degradation of OAM-based QKD by infinitely long phase screen (ILPS), which offers a feasible way to study how adaptive optics (AO) dynamically corrects the turbulence-induced aberrations in real time. Secondly, considering the failure of AO while encountering phase cuts, we evaluate the quality enhancement of OAM-based QKD under a moderate turbulence strength by AO after implementing the wrapped cuts elimination. Finally, we simulate that, with more realistic considerations; real-time AO can still mitigate the impact of atmospheric turbulence on OAM-based QKD even in the large wind velocity regime.
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