posted on 2023-11-30, 06:12authored byCi-Yu Wang, Jun Gao, Zhi-Qiang Jiao, Lu-Feng Qiao, Ruo-Jing Ren, Zhen Feng, Yuan Chen, Zeng-Quan Yan, Yao Wang, Hao Tang, Xian-Min Jin
Quantum key distribution (QKD), harnessing quantum physics and optoelectronics, may promise unconditionally secure information exchange in theory. Recently, theoretical and experimental advances in measurement-device-independent (MDI-) QKD have successfully closed the physical backdoor in detection terminals. However, the issues of scalability, stability, cost and loss prevent QKD systems from widespread application in practice. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a solution to build a star-topology quantum access network with an integrated server. By using femtosecond laser direct writing technique, we construct integrated circuits for all the elements of Bell state analyzer together and are able to integrate several such analyzers on single photonic chip. The measured high-visibility Bell state analysis suggests integrated server a promising platform for the practical application of MDI-QKD network.
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