Entanglement based free-space quantum key distribution

C. Erven; C. Couteau; R. Laflamme; G. Weihs

doi:10.1117/12.807670

12 August 2008 Entanglement based free-space quantum key distribution

C. Erven, C. Couteau, R. Laflamme, G. Weihs

Proceedings Volume 7099, Photonics North 2008; 709916 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807670
Event: Photonics North 2008, 2008, Montréal, Canada

Abstract

We report on the progress of our real-time entanglement based free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) system which uses polarization entangled photon pairs sent over a variety of free-space optical telescope links to distribute the key. An experiment with one photon from each pair sent over a 1,325 m long free-space link and the other photon detected locally next to the source is described. The system performs the complete QKD protocol including all error correction and privacy amplification algorithms. Over the course of 6.5 hours of communication at night an average raw key rate of 1,398 bits/s with an average quantum bit error rate (QBER) of 4.58% was observed producing an average final key rate of 244 bits/s. We also performed a Bell inequality experiment over two free-space links of 435 m and 1,325 m respectively, producing a total separation of 1,575 m between the two detectors in the experiment. During the Bell inequality experiment we observed an average Bell parameter of 2.51 ± 0.11.

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C. Erven, C. Couteau, R. Laflamme, and G. Weihs "Entanglement based free-space quantum key distribution", Proc. SPIE 7099, Photonics North 2008, 709916 (12 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807670

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