Multimode entanglement assisted QKD through a free-space maritime channel

John Gariano, Ivan B. Djordjevic

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Abstract

When using quantum key distribution (QKD), one of the trade-offs for security is that the generation rate of a secret key is typically very low. Recent works have shown that using a weak coherent source allows for higher secret key generation rates compared to an entangled photon source, when a channel with low loss is considered. In most cases, the system that is being studied is over a fiber-optic communication channel. Here a theoretical QKD system using the BB92 protocol and entangled photons over a free-space maritime channel with multiple spatial modes is presented. The entangled photons are generated from a spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) source of type II. To employ multiple spatial modes, the transmit apparatus will contain multiple SPDC sources, all driven by the pump lasers assumed to have the same intensity. The receive apparatuses will contain avalanche photo diodes (APD), modeled based on the NuCrypt CPDS-1000 detector, and located at the focal point of the receive aperture lens. The transmitter is assumed to be located at Alice and Bob will be located 30 km away, implying no channel crosstalk will be introduced in the measurements at Alice's side due to turbulence. To help mitigate the effects of atmospheric turbulence, adaptive optics will be considered at the transmitter and the receiver. An eavesdropper, Eve, is located 15 km from Alice and has no control over the devices at Alice or Bob. Eve is performing the intercept resend attack and listening to the communication over the public channel. Additionally, it is assumed that Eve can correct any aberrations caused by the atmospheric turbulence to determine which source the photon was transmitted from. One, four and nine spatial modes are considered with and without applying adaptive optics and compared to one another.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationQuantum Information Science and Technology III
EditorsMark T. Gruneisen, John G. Rarity, Miloslav Dusek
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510613485
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventQuantum Information Science and Technology III 2017 - Warsaw, Poland
Duration: Sep 13 2017Sep 14 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10442
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Other

OtherQuantum Information Science and Technology III 2017
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityWarsaw
Period9/13/179/14/17

Keywords

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Entanglement Quantum Key Distribution
  • Multi-mode Free-Space Optical Com-munication
  • Type II SPDC source

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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