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Franco N. C. Wong.
Zhong, Tian, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2014-02-10T17:01:05Z
2014-02-10T17:01:05Z
2013
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84903
868830378
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-148).
Conventional quantum key distribution (QKD) uses a discrete two-dimensional Hilbert space for key encoding, such as the polarization state of a single photon. In contrast, high-dimensional QKD allows encoding onto a larger state space, such as multiple levels of a continuous variable of a single photon, thus enabling the system to achieve higher photon information efficiency (bits/photon) and potentially higher key rate (bits/second). However, its deployment requires high-performance source, detector, and routing technologies tailored to the specific large-alphabet encoding scheme. One such high-dimensional QKD system of interest is based on time-energy entanglement, in which keys are derived from the arrival times of photon pairs generated from continuous-wave (CW) spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC). This thesis focuses on the implementation of a time-energy entanglement-based QKD system, with the development of several enabling technologies including an efficient single-spatial-mode source of time-energy entangled photons based on a periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) waveguide, GHz self-differencing InGaAs singlephoton avalanche diodes (SPADs), and the first demonstration of non-locally dispersion-canceled Franson quantum interferometry achieving 99.6% visibility. We then utilize these technologies to perform two full QKD protocols. The first protocol uses SPDCgenerated entangled photons for both key extraction and Franson interferometry, yielding a secure key rate -90 kbits/s with up to 4 bits/photon after error-correction and privacy amplification. The second protocol deploys two different photon sources: an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source is pulse-position modulated to perform random key generation, and a CW-SPDC source is for Franson security check. In this latter case, we have achieved a secure key rate 7.3 Mbits/s with 2.9 bits/photon, which represents the state-of-the-art in today's QKD technology.
by Tian Zhong.
Ph.D.
148 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
High-dimensional entanglement-based quantum key distribution
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