QAM Quantum Noise Stream Cipher Transmission Over 100 km With Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution

Autor: Keisuke Kasai, Masato Yoshida, Takuya Hirano, Ryo Namiki, Toshihiko Hirooka, Tsubasa Ichikawa, Masataka Nakazawa
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 53:1-16
ISSN: 1558-1713
0018-9197
DOI: 10.1109/jqe.2017.2708523
Popis: We report the first on-line high-speed and large-capacity secure optical communication system. This was realized by combining a quadrature amplitude modulation/quantum noise stream cipher technology where a coherent multi-level optical signal is hidden in quantum noise and a quantum key distribution technology where secure key delivery is realized with an extremely weak laser light comparable to a single photon. In our security analysis, we adopt a realistic assumption, namely, that an adversary does not have a lossless fiber. To show the advantage of this scheme, we performed a 128 QAM, 70-Gbit/s single-channel transmission over 100 km with a spectral efficiency of as high as 10.3 bits/s/Hz. This is the fastest data rate and highest spectral efficiency yet achieved in quantum cryptography with a realistic assumption.
Databáze: OpenAIRE