Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 40, Issue 6, 868(2023)

Design of a pulse laser applied to high⁃speed MDI⁃QKD system

HE Zongwu1...2, HUANG Sicheng1,3, WEN Xincheng1,3, MA Qingli4,*, and YIN Zejie12 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 3National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
  • 4Electronic Countermeasure Institute, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230038, China
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    Block diagram of injection locking method
    The tunable high repetition rate narrow pulse laser. (a) Hardware scheme block diagram; (b) Physical diagram
    Schematic diagram of pulse current drive circuit
    Schematic of the chip implementing the select and fan-out functions
    Timing diagram of analog processing and driving circuit part
    Schematic diagram of bias current drive part
    Block diagram of the temperature control
    Relationship between laser temperature and the set voltage of DAC
    Temperature error acquisition, amplification and analog PID controller processing
    Schematic diagram of the voltage controlled constant current source circuit
    Power distribution of each part
    Output pulse laser waveform when internally triggered. (a) Time axis division 500 ps; (b) Time axis division 50 ps
    Output pulse laser waveform when externally triggered. (a) Time axis division 500 ps, including external trigger signal and output optical pulse; (b) Time axis division 100 ps
    Counts of pulse laser measured with single-photon detector
    Spectra of pulse laser before and after injection locking. (a) Before injection locking; (b) After injection locking
    Variation curve of pulse laser wavelength with time
    • Table 1. Design requirements of pulse laser

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      Table 1. Design requirements of pulse laser

      Design specificationsValue
      Repeat frequency/GHz 1
      Full width at half maximum/ps 50
      Pulse laser extinction ratio/dB 20
      Wavelength jitter/pm 2
      Wavelength tuning range/nm 2
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    Zongwu HE, Sicheng HUANG, Xincheng WEN, Qingli MA, Zejie YIN. Design of a pulse laser applied to high⁃speed MDI⁃QKD system[J]. Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2023, 40(6): 868

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    Received: Jan. 18, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 22, 2023

    The Author Email: MA Qingli (maql@ustc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2023.06.007

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