Presentation 2013-10-03
Fabrication of superconducting single-photon detector with ultralow dark count rate and quantum key distribution over 300 km
Hiroyuki SHIBATA, Kaoru SHIMIZU, Toshimori HONJO, Hiroki TAJESUE, Yasuhiro TOKURA,
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Abstract(in English) We report the fabrication of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SSPD) with an ultralow dark count rate (< 0.1 cps). By introducing optical band-pass filters at the input of the SSPD and cooling the filters at 3K, the dark count rate is reduced less than 1/100 at low bias. We demonstrated quantum key distribution (QKD) experiment over 63 dB channel loss, which is equivalent to 315 km of fiber, using the ultralow dark count SSPDs and the differential phase shift QKD scheme (DPS-QKD).
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Keyword(in English) superconducting single-photon detector / dark count rate / quantum key distribution / SSPD / DPS-QKD
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Conference Date 2013/9/25(1days)
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Title (in English) Fabrication of superconducting single-photon detector with ultralow dark count rate and quantum key distribution over 300 km
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Keyword(1) superconducting single-photon detector
Keyword(2) dark count rate
Keyword(3) quantum key distribution
Keyword(4) SSPD
Keyword(5) DPS-QKD
1st Author's Name Hiroyuki SHIBATA
1st Author's Affiliation NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation:NTT Nanophotonic Center, NTT Corporation()
2nd Author's Name Kaoru SHIMIZU
2nd Author's Affiliation NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation
3rd Author's Name Toshimori HONJO
3rd Author's Affiliation NTT Secure Platform Laboratories, NTT Corporation
4th Author's Name Hiroki TAJESUE
4th Author's Affiliation NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation
5th Author's Name Yasuhiro TOKURA
5th Author's Affiliation NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation
Date 2013-10-03
Paper # SCE2013-30
Volume (vol) vol.113
Number (no) 232
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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