Chip, Volume. 3, Issue 2, 100083(2024)

Coexistence of multiuser entanglement distribution and classical light in optical fiber network with a semiconductor chip

Xu Jing1...2,†, Cheng Qian2,†, Xiaodong Zheng1,3,†, Hu Nian2, Chenquan Wang1, Jie Tang1, Xiaowen Gu1, Yuechan Kong1, Tangsheng Chen1, Yichen Liu3,4,*, Chong Sheng3,**, Dong Jiang5,***, Bin Niu1,****, and Liangliang Lu1,26,***** |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Key Laboratory of Solid-State Microwave Devices and Circuits, Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute, Nanjing 210016, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology of Jiangsu Province, School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 3National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 4Research Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Communication, School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China
  • 5School of Internet, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
  • 6Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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    Building communication links among multiple users in a scalable and robust way is a key objective in achieving large-scale quantum networks. In a realistic scenario, noise from the coexisting classical light is inevitable and can ultimately disrupt the entanglement. The previous significant fully connected multiuser entanglement distribution experiments are conducted using dark fiber links, and there is no explicit relation between the entanglement degradations induced by classical noise and its error rate. Here, a semiconductor chip with a high figure-of-merit modal overlap is fabricated to directly generate broadband polarization entanglement. The monolithic source maintains the polarization entanglement fidelity of above 96% for 42 nm bandwidth, with a brightness of 1.2 × 107 Hz mW-1. A continuously working quantum entanglement distribution are performed among three users coexisting with classical light. Under finite-key analysis, secure keys are established and images encryption are enabled as well as quantum secret sharing between users. This work paves the way for practical multiparty quantum communication with integrated photonic architecture compatible with real-world fiber optical communication network.

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    Xu Jing, Cheng Qian, Xiaodong Zheng, Hu Nian, Chenquan Wang, Jie Tang, Xiaowen Gu, Yuechan Kong, Tangsheng Chen, Yichen Liu, Chong Sheng, Dong Jiang, Bin Niu, Liangliang Lu. Coexistence of multiuser entanglement distribution and classical light in optical fiber network with a semiconductor chip[J]. Chip, 2024, 3(2): 100083

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Nov. 22, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 8, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Liu Yichen (liuyichen@qut.edu.cn), Sheng Chong (csheng@nju.edu.cn), Jiang Dong (jiangd@nju.edu.cn), Niu Bin (niubin_1@126.com), Lu Liangliang (lianglianglu@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1016/j.chip.2024.100083

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