Quantum key distribution (QKD), harnessing quantum physics and optoelectronics, may promise unconditionally secure information exchange in theory. Recently, theoretical and experimental advances in measurement-device-independent (MDI-) QKD have successfully closed the physical backdoor in detection terminals. However, the issues of scalability, stability, cost and loss prevent QKD systems from widespread application in practice. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a solution to build a star-topology quantum access network with an integrated server. By using femtosecond laser direct writing technique, we construct integrated circuits for all the elements of Bell state analyzer together and are able to integrate several such analyzers on single photonic chip. The measured high-visibility Bell state analysis suggests integrated server a promising platform for the practical application of MDI-QKD network.
@article{arxiv.1808.08586,
title = {Integrated Server for Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Network},
author = {Ci-Yu Wang and Jun Gao and Zhi-Qiang Jiao and Lu-Feng Qiao and Ruo-Jing Ren and Zhen Feng and Yuan Chen and Zeng-Quan Yan and Yao Wang and Hao Tang and Xian-Min Jin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.08586},
year = {2019}
}