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Chip-encoded high-security classical optical key distribution.

Bo Wu¹, Hailong Zhou¹, Jianji Dong^1,2

¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)

|December 5, 2024

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This study introduces a novel, low-cost optical secure key distribution (SKD) method using silicon photonic chips. It offers high security against quantum computing threats, paving the way for practical applications.

Keywords:

incoherent matrix optical key distribution reciprocity silicon photonics

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Area of Science:

Information Security
Quantum Computing
Optical Communication

Background:

Traditional algorithm-based secure key distribution (SKD) is vulnerable to quantum computers.
Existing optical SKD methods like quantum, chaos, and reciprocity-based SKD have limitations in cost, security, or reliance on pre-shared information.
A need exists for a high-security, low-cost optical SKD scheme.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and demonstrate a novel high-security, low-cost chip-encoded classical optical SKD paradigm.
To leverage the reciprocity of incoherent matrices for enhanced security.
To establish a practical optical SKD solution using silicon photonics and commercial fiber links.

Main Methods:

Developed a chip-encoded classical optical SKD scheme utilizing the reciprocity of incoherent matrices.
Implemented the scheme using silicon photonic chips and a commercial single-mode fiber link.
Demonstrated key capacity expansion using four-channel wavelength division multiplexing.

Main Results:

Achieved a key generation rate of 100 bit/s over a 40 km single-mode fiber link.
Maintained a low key error rate of 1.89%.
Successfully demonstrated key capacity expansion through wavelength division multiplexing.

Conclusions:

The proposed chip-encoded optical SKD offers a high-security and low-cost solution.
This approach is the first to achieve classical optical SKD using silicon photonic chips and commercial fiber.
The scheme provides a foundation for miniaturized, secure, and affordable optical SKD systems.