Memory-Assisted Quantum Key Distribution with a Single Nitrogen Vacancy Center
arXiv:1708.06532 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.96.052313
Abstract
Memory-assisted measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MA-MDI-QKD) is a promising scheme that aims to improve the rate-versus-distance behavior of a QKD system by using the state-of-the-art devices. It can be seen as a bridge between current QKD links to quantum repeater based networks. While, similar to quantum repeaters, MA-MDI-QKD relies on quantum memory (QM) units, the requirements for such QMs are less demanding than that of probabilistic quantum repeaters. Here, we present a variant of MA-MDI-QKD structure that relies on only a single physical QM: a nitrogen-vacancy center embedded into a cavity where its electronic spin interacts with photons and its nuclear spin is used for storage. This enables us to propose a simple but efficient MA-MDI-QKD scheme resilient to memory errors and capable of beating, in terms of rate and reach, existing QKD demonstrations. We also show how we can extend this setup to a quantum repeater system, reaching, thus, larger distances.
9 pages, 6 figures
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