Hyperentangled Time-bin and Polarization Quantum Key Distribution
arXiv:1908.09018 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.044027
Abstract
Fiber-based quantum communication networks are currently limited without quantum repeaters. Satellite-based quantum links have been proposed to extend the network domain. We have developed a quantum communication system, suitable for realistic satellite-to-ground communication. With this system, we have executed an entanglement-based quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol developed by Bennett, Brassard, and Mermin in 1992 (BBM92), achieving quantum bit error rates (QBER) below 2 in all bases. More importantly, we demonstrate low QBER execution of a higher dimensional hyperentanglement-based QKD protocol, using photons simultaneously entangled in polarization and time-bin, leading to significantly higher secure key rates, at the cost of increased technical complexity and system size. We show that our protocol is suitable for a space-to-ground link, after incorporating Doppler shift compensation, and verify its security using a rigorous finite-key analysis. Additionally, We discuss system engineering considerations relevant to those and other quantum communication protocols, and their dependence on what photonic degrees of freedom are utilized.
30 pages, 11 figures, and 4 tables
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