Simple 2.5 GHz time-bin quantum key distribution

Alberto Boaron; Boris Korzh; Raphael Houlmann; Gianluca Boso; Davide Rusca; Stuart Gray; Ming-Jun Li; Daniel Nolan; Anthony Martin; Hugo Zbinden

doi:10.1063/1.5027030

Simple 2.5 GHz time-bin quantum key distribution

Quantum Physics 2018-04-17 v1

Authors: Alberto Boaron , Boris Korzh , Raphael Houlmann , Gianluca Boso , Davide Rusca , Stuart Gray , Ming-Jun Li , Daniel Nolan , Anthony Martin , Hugo Zbinden

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Abstract

We present a 2.5 GHz quantum key distribution setup with the emphasis on a simple experimental realization. It features a three-state time-bin protocol based on a pulsed diode laser and a single intensity modulator. Implementing an efficient one-decoy scheme and finite-key analysis, we achieve record breaking secret key rates of 1.5 kbps over 200 km of standard optical fiber.

Keywords

quantum key distribution

Cite

@article{arxiv.1804.05426,
  title  = {Simple 2.5 GHz time-bin quantum key distribution},
  author = {Alberto Boaron and Boris Korzh and Raphael Houlmann and Gianluca Boso and Davide Rusca and Stuart Gray and Ming-Jun Li and Daniel Nolan and Anthony Martin and Hugo Zbinden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05426},
  year   = {2018}
}

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