PhotoniX, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 2(2022)

40-user fully connected entanglement-based quantum key distribution network without trusted node

Xu Liu1、†, Jingyuan Liu1、†, Rong Xue1, Heqing Wang2, Hao Li2, Xue Feng1,3, Fang Liu1,3, Kaiyu Cui1,3, Zhen Wang2, Lixing You2, Yidong Huang1,3,4, and Wei Zhang1,3,4、*
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  • 1Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chips, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 3Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing, 100084, China
  • 4Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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    Quantum key distribution (QKD) would play an important role in future information technologies due to its theoretically proven security based on the laws of quantum mechanics. How to realize QKDs among multiple users in an effective and simple way is crucial for its real applications in communication networks. In this work, we propose and demonstrate a fully connected QKD network without trusted node for a large number of users. Using flexible wavelength division multiplexing/demultiplexing and space division multiplexing, entanglement resources generated by a broadband energy-time entangled quantum light source are distributed to 40 users. Any two users share a part of entanglement resources, by which QKD is established between them. As a result, it realizes a fully connected network with 40 users and 780 QKD links. The performance of this network architecture is also discussed theoretically, showing its potential on developing quantum communication networks with large user numbers owing to its simplicity, scalability, and high efficiency.

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    Xu Liu, Jingyuan Liu, Rong Xue, Heqing Wang, Hao Li, Xue Feng, Fang Liu, Kaiyu Cui, Zhen Wang, Lixing You, Yidong Huang, Wei Zhang. 40-user fully connected entanglement-based quantum key distribution network without trusted node[J]. PhotoniX, 2022, 3(1): 2

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Oct. 16, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 8, 2022

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Wei Zhang (zwei@tsinghua.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1186/s43074-022-00048-2

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