Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 12, 1227002(2018)

Orbital-Angular-Momentum-Encoded Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distributions Under Atmospheric Turbulence

Zhuodan Zhu1、*, Shanghong Zhao1, Wenyuan Gu1, Jing Liu1, and Xiangxiang Sun2
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  • 1 School of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710077, China
  • 2 No. 93980 Unit of People's Liberation Army, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830005, China
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    Based on the Kolmogorov and non-Kolmogorov turbulence models, the scattering effect of atmospheric turbulence on orbital angular momentum (OAM) is analyzed and the probabilities of different OAM modes are obtained at the detecting end. The key generation rates and the maximum propagation distances of OAM-encoded measurement-device-independent quantum key distributions (MDI-QKD) under two atmospheric turbulence conditions are analyzed. The simulation results show that, with the increase of the radial intensity during the light beams are propagating in the atmospheric signal channels, the scattering effect of the turbulence on OAM is gradually enhanced, and the initial OAM states are gradually diverted to the adjacent modes with a tendency of random distribution. The probabilities of initial OAM states at the detecting end decrease gradually. The maximum propagation distance for the OAM-encoded MDI-QKD is about 10 km longer than that for the polarization-encoded MDI-QKD under the atmospheric turbulence.

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    Zhuodan Zhu, Shanghong Zhao, Wenyuan Gu, Jing Liu, Xiangxiang Sun. Orbital-Angular-Momentum-Encoded Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distributions Under Atmospheric Turbulence[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(12): 1227002

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    Category: Quantum Optics

    Received: May. 14, 2018

    Accepted: Aug. 2, 2018

    Published Online: May. 10, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.1227002

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