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Generation and Coherent Control of Pulsed Quantum Frequency Combs
Published on: June 8, 2018
Direct intensity and phase modulation for quantum key distribution transmitters
Abstract:
The decoy-state method serves as a cornerstone for practical quantum key distribution (QKD) with inherent immunity to photon-number-splitting attacks. Leveraging optical injection locking, we propose a directly modulated light source with a scheme that simultaneously generates intensity- and phase-modulated signals without external modulators. Removing external modulators eliminates modulator-related side-channel vulnerabilities, fundamentally enhancing QKD security. Integrated into a high-speed phase-encoding BB84 system with optimized one-decoy protocol and finite-size analysis, our system achieves positive key rates up to 20 dB channel loss (100 km fiber) with commercial InGaAs single-photon detectors, reducing transmitter complexity while ensuring security for practical QKD applications.
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