Heterogeneously integrated, superconducting silicon-photonic platform for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

Xiaodong Zheng; Peiyu Zhang; Renyou Ge; Liangliang Lu; Guanglong He; Qi Chen; Fangchao Qu; Labao Zhang; Xinlun Cai; Yanqing Lu; Shining Zhu; Peiheng Wu; Xiao-Song Ma

doi:10.1117/1.AP.3.5.055002

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 3, Issue 5, 055002(2021)

Heterogeneously integrated, superconducting silicon-photonic platform for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution Article Video

Xiaodong Zheng^1、†, Peiyu Zhang¹, Renyou Ge², Liangliang Lu¹, Guanglong He¹, Qi Chen¹, Fangchao Qu¹, Labao Zhang^1、*, Xinlun Cai^2、*, Yanqing Lu¹, Shining Zhu¹, Peiheng Wu¹, and Xiao-Song Ma^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Nanjing University, National Laboratory of Solid-state Microstructures, School of Physics, Research Institute of Superconducting Electronics, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing, China

²Sun Yat-sen University, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Guangzhou, China

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Category: Letters

Received: Jun. 17, 2021

Accepted: Sep. 29, 2021

Published Online: Nov. 1, 2021

The Author Email: Zhang Labao (lzhang@nju.edu.cn), Cai Xinlun (caixlun5@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Ma Xiao-Song (xiaosong.ma@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.3.5.055002

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