Scalable Network for Simultaneous Pairwise Quantum Key Distribution via Entanglement-Based Time-Bin Coding
Erik Fitzke, Lucas Bialowons, Till Dolejsky, Maximilian Tippmann, Oleg Nikiforov, Thomas Walther, Felix Wissel, Matthias Gunkel
Abstract
A star-shaped, robust and scalable optical fiber network for simultaneous time-bin QKD is experimentally demonstrated with four participants including a field test and more than 100 km of fiber between users as well as full clock recovery.
Topics & Concepts
BinQuantum entanglementPairwise comparisonQuantum key distributionScalabilityComputer scienceKey (lock)Coding (social sciences)QubitQuantumTheoretical computer scienceMathematicsAlgorithmPhysicsQuantum mechanicsComputer securityStatisticsArtificial intelligenceDatabaseQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum-Dot Cellular Automata