Temperature characterizations of silica asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer chip for quantum key distribution

Quantum key distribution (QKD) system based on passive silica planar lightwave circuit (PLC) asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZI) is characterized with thermal stability, low loss and sufficient integration scalability. However, waveguide stresses, both intrinsic and temperature-induced stresses, have significant impacts on the stable operation of the system. We have designed silica AMZI chips of 400 ps delay, with bend waveguides length equalized for both long and short arms to balance the stresses thereof. The temperature characteristics of the silica PLC AMZI chip are studied. The interference visibility at the single photon level is kept higher than 95% over a wide temperature range of 12 ℃. The delay time change is 0.321 ps within a temperature change of 40 ℃. The spectral shift is 0.0011 nm/0.1 ℃. Temperature-induced delay time and peak wavelength variations do not affect the interference visibility. The experiment results demonstrate the advantage of being tolerant to chip temperature fluctuations.     

单光子探测技术

近年来,以量子密钥分配为代表的各种量子信息技术应用获得了飞速发展,这些应用对单光子探测器的性能提出了非常苛刻的要求,以光电倍增管和雪崩光电二极管为代表的传统单光子探测器件已经无法满足需求。在此背景下,出现了以超导单光子探测器为代表的新型低温单光子探测器件,其性能比现有商用单光子探测器有了本质性的提升。本文综述了迄今为止各种类型的单光子探测器,并指出各自在量子信息技术应用中的优势和不足之处以及发展方向。     

检测活性氧物种的氧杂蒽类光学探针的研究进展

活性氧物种在维持生物体的生理功能方面发挥着重要的作用.高于正常水平的活性氧物种会损伤蛋白质、DNA等生物分子,进而导致疾病.因此,活性氧物种的高选择性、高灵敏度检测研究对疾病的预防、诊断和治疗均具有重要意义.荧光探针因具有分析灵敏度高、样品时空分辨能力强等特点,已在该方面获得了广泛的应用.其中,具有发射波长长,光稳定性好,荧光量子产率高等优点的氧杂蒽类荧光探针已成为检测活性氧物种的研究热点.本论文主要总结了近五年来应用于活性氧物种检测的氧杂蒽类荧光探针的研究进展与成像分析,归纳了不同活性氧物种的识别单元,并展望了此类探针的发展趋势与应用前景.     

Estimation of key rate after setting dead time

The estimation of key rate is an important aspect of the quantum key distribution process,especially in the use of dead time.In this paper,we demonstrate a numerical simulation to estimate the average detection probability and the key rate.Using our method,the estimated average detection probability is better than the previous result.Besides,we can easily find the best dead time,especially when considering the impact of after pulse.     

一种高可靠航天器火工品等效器的设计与实现

目前航天器电传爆火工品采用脉宽信号起爆,一般多个点同时起爆,路数较多且脉宽窄。针对航天器地面模飞测试时,精确监测各个火工品起爆次数和起爆指令脉宽问题,提出了一种火工品等效器的设计方案,它由PXI工控机、通用板卡和专用板卡,以及备份数据浏览终端等4部分组成,具有可靠性高、通用性强、维修性好等特点,已在YZ-3上面级中得到应用,对整器自动化测试和发射起到了有力的支持作用。     

Hong–Ou–Mandel interference with two independent weak coherent states

Recently,the Hong-Ou-Mandel(HOM) interference between two independent weak coherent pulses(WCPs) has been paid much attention due to the measurement-device-independent(MDI) quantum key distribution(QKD).Using classical wave theory,articles reported before show that the visibility of this kind of HOM-type interference is ≤ 50%.In this work,we analyze this kind of interference using quantum optics,which reveals more details compared to the wave theory.Analyses confirm the maximum visibility of 50%.And we conclude that the maximum visibility of 50%comes from the two single-photon states in WCPs,without considering the noise.In the experiment,we successfully approach the visibility of 50%by using WCPs splitting from the single pico-second laser source and phase scanning.Since this kind of HOM interference is immune to slow phase fluctuations,both the realized and proposed experiment designs can provide stable ways of high-resolution optical distance detection.     

我国发达地区中小城市交通特征及其优化对策研究——以浙江省瑞安市为例

以浙江省瑞安市为研究案例,从居民出行特征、交通环境状况等方面对我国发达地区中小城市的交通特征进行了分析,认为其具有出行时间和出行距离短、出行方式依赖私家车、绿色交通弱和交通环境差等特征.城市发展的多元化和交通应对措施的相对落后是形成目前城市交通局面的主要因素.为优化中小城市的交通环境,应提倡慢行交通为主导的城市交通建设,强化慢行交通在城市交通中的地位.     

马氏体晶格参量的X射线测量方法研究

马氏体具有四方的结构,其四方性随含碳量的增加而增大,点阵发生扭曲,当含碳量比较高时,原来α-铁晶体的晶面如(110)、(200)、(211)、(220)等的衍射线条分解成为双重线(101-110、002-200、112-211、202-220)。当含碳量降低时,双重线非常靠近,形成了一条宽的线带,使得马氏体晶格参量的测量十分困难。本文利用每对双重线中的多重性因素的变化特点(如101为8,110为4,002为2,200为4,112为8,211为16等)提出了低碳马氏体晶格参量的测量方法。     

Security of biased BB84 quantum key distribution with finite resource

In the original BB84 quantum key distribution protocol, the states are prepared and measured randomly, which lose the unmatched detection results. To improve the sifting efficiency, biased bases selection BB84 protocol is proposed. Meanwhile, a practical quantum key distribution protocol can only transmit a finite number of signals, resulting in keys of finite length. The previous techniques for finite-key analysis focus mainly on the statistical fluctuations of the error rates and yields of the qubits. However, the prior choice probabilities of the two bases also have fluctuations by taking into account the finite-size effect. In this paper, we discuss the security of biased decoy state BB84 protocol with finite resources by considering all of the statistical fluctuations. The results can be directly used in the experimental realizations.     

单光子探测技术

近年来,以量子密钥分配为代表的各种量子信息技术应用获得了飞速发展,这些应用对单光子探测器的性能提出了非常苛刻的要求,以光电倍增管和雪崩光电二极管为代表的传统单光子探测器件已经无法满足需求。在此背景下,出现了以超导单光子探测器为代表的新型低温单光子探测器件,其性能比现有商用单光子探测器有了本质性的提升。本文综述了迄今为止各种类型的单光子探测器,并指出各自在量子信息技术应用中的优势和不足之处以及发展方向。