通讯波段单光子探测器的研制

将InGaAs/InP雪崩光电二极管应用于盖革模式下,采用门脉冲模式淬灭雪崩,并使用魔T混合网络抑制尖峰噪声,实现了通信波段1550 nm的单光子探测.在APD工作温度为223 K时,测得暗计数率与探测效率的比值为0.035.     

基于预报单光子源的相位匹配被动诱骗态量子密钥分配

基于预报单光子源,提出了一种相位匹配被动诱骗态量子密钥分配方案.在此方案中,通信双方仅需各产生单个强度的信号.根据通信双方本地探测器的响应情况,第三方的探测结果被分为四个集合,既起到信号态和诱骗态的作用,又共同参与参数估计和密钥生成,降低了系统实现的难度并改善了方案性能.仿真结果表明:相位匹配被动诱骗态方案的最大安全传...     

基于实时优化单光子干涉可视度的相位编码量子密钥分发

在相位编码量子密钥分发系统中,单光子干涉可视度决定了系统的成码率。本文提出一种优化单光子干涉可视度的方法,即利用遗传算法和四通道偏振控制器实时补偿单光子偏振漂移,同时利用时分复用参考光连续无复位地补偿单光子相位漂移,最终在25km光纤中实时优化的单光子干涉可视度达到98.6%,相位编码量子密钥分发系统成码率为2.2kbit/s。     

单光子量子密钥分发系统中干涉稳定性分析

为了研究位相编码量子密钥分发系统中的干涉稳定性, 运用解析和数值计算方法详细研究了光纤双折射、温度变化、非对称性以及耦合器分光比对量子密钥分发系统干涉条纹可见度的影响, 结果表明光纤双折射、温度变化和非对称性都将影响系统的干涉可见度, 调整接收端的调制位相能消除温度变化的影响, 并减小非对称性对系统的影响, 但不能改善光纤双折射对系统干涉的影响. 另外, 耦合器分光比影响系统的效率.     

Four-State Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Photon Subtraction

Four-state continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) is one of the discretely modulated CVQKD which generates four nonorthogonal coherent states and exploits the sign of the measured quadrature of each state to encode information rather than uses the quadrature \(\hat {x}\) or \(\hat {p}\) itself. It has been proven that four-state CVQKD is more suitable than Gaussian modulated CVQKD in terms of transmission distance. In this paper, we propose an improved four-state CVQKD using an non-Gaussian operation, photon subtraction. A suitable photon-subtraction operation can be exploited to improve the maximal transmission of CVQKD in point-to-point quantum communication since it provides a method to enhance the performance of entanglement-based (EB) CVQKD. Photon subtraction not only can lengthen the maximal transmission distance by increasing the signal-to-noise rate but also can be easily implemented with existing technologies. Security analysis shows that the proposed scheme can lengthen the maximum transmission distance. Furthermore, by taking finite-size effect into account we obtain a tighter bound of the secure distance, which is more practical than that obtained in the asymptotic limit.     

Single-Photon Detection at Telecom Wavelengths

A single-photon detector based on an InGaAs avalanche photodiode has been developed for use at telecom wavelengths. A suitable delay and sampling gate modulation circuit are used to prevent positive and negative transient pulses from influencing the detection of true photon induced avalanches. A monostable trigger circuit eliminates the influence of avalanche peak jitter, and a dead time modulation feedback control circuit decreases the afterpulsing. From performance tests we lind that at the optimum operation point, the quantum efficiency is 12% and the dark count rate 1.5 × 10^-6 ns^-1, with a detection rate of 500 kHz.     

基于相关光子的单光子探测器量子效率测量系统

为准确测量近红外波段单光子探测器量子效率,搭建了基于自发参量下转换效应的测量系统.系统利用中心波长为518nm的脉冲激光泵浦周期极化磷酸氧钛钾晶体,通过自发参量下转换过程产生相关光子对,分别测量了Si和InGaAs雪崩光电二极管单光子探测器在778nm和1 550nm波长点的量子效率,并对测量不确定度进行了分析.实验表明,该装置可以测量近红外单光子探测器量子效率参量,测量不确定度均优于1%.     

一种基于单磁通量子的超导纳米线单光子探测器阵列的读出电路

超导纳米线单光子探测(Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector, SNSPD)阵列可以实现单光子成像或高速单光子探测,如何有效对SNSPD阵列进行信号读出是实现SNSPD阵列的关键技术之一.本工作设计了一种基于超导单磁通量子(Single Flux Quantum, SFQ)的SNSPD阵列读出电路.该读出电路能够实现对阵列中SNSPD的地址分辨.实验采用的核心编码电路利用4位二进制码对包含8个SNSPD的阵列进行编码,使用了基于SFQ的异或逻辑单元、D触发器、分路器和约瑟夫森传输线等标准单元,总计使用191个约瑟夫森结,采用两级流水线设计,仿真中最高可在19.4 GHz的时钟频率下工作,功耗为42.1μW.在液氦环境下完成了编码电路的功能测试,验证了编码功能的正确性.     

A Silicon Shallow-Ridge Waveguide Integrated Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector Towards Quantum Photonic Circuits

A silicon shallow-ridge waveguide integrated superconducting nanowire single photon detector is designed and fabricated.At the bias current of 11.6μA,4% on-chip detection efficiency near 1550 nm wavelength is achieved with the dark count rate of 3 Hz and a timing jitter of 75 ps.This device shows the potential application in the integration of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors with a complex quantum photonic circuit.     

Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector with Optical Cavity

Increasing the detection efficiency(DE)is a hot issue in the development of the superconducting nanowire single photon detector(SNSPD).In this work,a cavity-integrated structure coupled to the SNSPD is used to enhance the light absorption of nanowire.Ultra-thin Nb films are successfully prepared by magnetron sputtering,which are used to fabricate Nb/Al SNSPD with the curve of 100 nm and the square area of 4×4μm~2 by sputtering and the lift-off method.To characterize the optical and electrical performance of the cavity-integrated SNSPD,a reliable cryogenic research system is built up based on a He~3 system.To satisfy the need of light coupling,a packaging structure with collimator is conducted.Both DE and the dark count rates increase with I_b.It is also found that the DE of SNSPD with cavities can be up to 0.17% at the temperature of 0.7 K under the infrared light of 1550 nm,which is obviously higher than that of the SNSPD directly fabricated upon silicon without any cavity structure.     

红外通信波段SAGM APD单光子探测应用技术研究

研究采用由过度层间隔吸收区与倍增区的InGaAs/InP雪崩光电二极管(SAGM APD)在红外通信波段实现单光子探测的方法,包括管型的选择、特性分析、工作参数以及根据实验结果提出的对这类APD设计制作的改进建议.特别研究目前市售的APD器件用作单光子探测时的实用技术.     

Quantum Nonlocality of Single Photon State?

In the paper with the above title [1] (but without the question mark), it is claimed that quantum nonlocality can be revealed in a simple interferometry experiment using only single particle. A critical analysis of the concept of hidden variable used by the authors of [1] shows that the reasoning is not correct.     

Mediated Semi‐Quantum Key Distribution Using Single Photons

A new mediated semi‐quantum key distribution (SQKD) protocol is proposed, allowing two classical participants to share a secret key with the help of an untrusted third party, who only needs to generate single photons and perform Bell measurements. This is the first work attempting to reduce the quantum overhead of the untrusted third party, which makes the mediated SQKD even more practical. The proposed protocol is shown to be free from several well‐known attacks.     

Polarization-Encoding-Based Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with a Single Untrusted Source

Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution(MDI-QKD) can be immune to all detector sidechannel attacks and guarantee the information-theoretical security even with uncharacterized single photon detectors.MDI-QKD has been demonstrated in both laboratories and field-tests by using attenuated lasers combined with the decoy-state technique.However,it is a critical assumption that the sources used by legitimate participants are trusted in MDI-QKD.Hence,it is possible that a potential security risk exists.Here we propose a new scheme of polarization-encoding-based MDI-QKD with a single untrusted source,by which the complexity of the synchronization system can be reduced and the success rate of the Bell-state measurement can be improved.Meanwhile,the decoy-state method is employed to avoid the security issues introduced by a non-ideal single photon source.We also derive a security analysis of the proposed system.In addition,it seems to be a promising candidate for the implementation for QKD network in the near future.     

Authenticated Quantum Key Distribution with Collective Detection using Single Photons

We present two authenticated quantum key distribution (AQKD) protocols by utilizing the idea of collective (eavesdropping) detection. One is a two-party AQKD protocol, the other is a multiparty AQKD protocol with star network topology. In these protocols, the classical channels need not be assumed to be authenticated and the single photons are used as the quantum information carriers. To achieve mutual identity authentication and establish a random key in each of the proposed protocols, only one participant should be capable of preparing and measuring single photons, and the main quantum ability that the rest of the participants should have is just performing certain unitary operations. Security analysis shows that these protocols are free from various kinds of attacks, especially the impersonation attack and the man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.     

Photon Statistics of Single-Photon Quantum States in Real Single Photon Detection

Single photon detection (SPD) with high quantum efficiency has been widely used for measurement of different quantum states with different photon distributions.Based on the direct single SPD and double-SPD of HBT configuration, we discuss the effect of a real SPD on the photon statistics measurement and it shows that the measured photon distributions for different quantum states are corrected in different forms.The results are confirmed by experiment with the strongly attenuated coherent light and thermal light.This system can be used to characterize the photon statistics of the fluorescence light from single atom or single molecular.     

Quantum Mechanical Effect of Path-polarization Contextuality for a Single Photon

Using measurements pertaining to a suitable Mach-Zehnder (MZ) type setup, a curious quantum mechanical effect of contextuality between the path and the polarization degrees of freedom of a polarized photon is demonstrated, without using any notion of realism or hidden variables—an effect that holds good for the product as well as the entangled states. This form of experimental context-dependence is manifested in a way such that at either of the two exit channels of the MZ setup used, the empirically verifiable subensemble statistical properties obtained by an arbitrary polarization measurement depend upon the choice of a commuting (comeasurable) path observable, while this effect disappears for the whole ensemble of photons emerging from the two exit channels of the MZ setup.     

Strain-Engineered Low-Density InAs Bilayer Quantum Dots for Single Photon Emission

We investigate the growth of strain-engineered low-density 1hAs bilayer quantum dots （BQDs） on GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy. Owing to increasing dot size and In composition of the upper QDs, low-density BQDs in a GaAs matrix with an emission wavelength up to 1.4 μm at room temperature are achieved. Such a wavelength is larger than that of conventional QDs in a GaAs matrix （generally of about 1.3μm）. The optical properties of the BQDs are sensitive to annealing temperature used after spacer layer growth. Significant decrease of integrated PL intensity is observed as the annealing temperature increases. At 10 K, single photon emission from the BQDs with wavelength around 1.3μm is observed.     

量子密钥分发私密放大的实现

在量子密钥分发系统中,私密放大是合法通信双方提取共享安全密钥的一个必不可少的环节.本文主要介绍了实现私密放大的两种加速算法,采用将两种加速算法进行有效组合的方法,既可以保证私密放大的安全性,同时又有效地减少了运算的操作次数.在连续变量量子密钥分发实验系统中,采用上述组合加速算法,实现了安全密钥的提取.     

红外InGaAs/InP单光子探测器暗计数的研究

在开发探测器灵敏度极限实现单光子探测时,暗计数是影响探测效率的主要原因.本文分析了在红外波段采用InGaAs/InP雪崩光电二极管工作于雪崩击穿电压之上(盖革模式),进行单光子探测时暗计数的三个主要来源,指出隧穿效应对暗计数的贡献是很小的,并且针对热噪声和后脉冲分析了减小暗计数的有效方法.