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Field test of a practical secure communication network with decoy-state quantum cryptography

Authors :
Chen, Teng-Yun
Liang, Hao
Liu, Yang
Cai, Wen-Qi
Ju, Lei
Liu, Wei-Yue
Wang, Jian
Yin, Hao
Chen, Kai
Chen, Zeng-Bing
Peng, Cheng-Zhi
Pan, Jian-Wei
Source :
Opt. Express 17, 6540 (2009)
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

We present a secure network communication system that operated with decoy-state quantum cryptography in a real-world application scenario. The full key exchange and application protocols were performed in real time among three nodes, in which two adjacent nodes were connected by approximate 20 km of commercial telecom optical fiber. The generated quantum keys were immediately employed and demonstrated for communication applications, including unbreakable real-time voice telephone between any two of the three communication nodes, or a broadcast from one node to the other two nodes by using one-time pad encryption.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, typos corrected

Subjects

Subjects :
Quantum Physics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Opt. Express 17, 6540 (2009)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0810.1264
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.006540