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Chin. Phys. B, 2022, Vol. 31(6): 060306    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac490a
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Short-wave infrared continuous-variable quantum key distribution over satellite-to-submarine channels

Qingquan Peng(彭清泉)1, Qin Liao(廖骎)2,†, Hai Zhong(钟海)1, Junkai Hu(胡峻凯)1, and Ying Guo(郭迎)1,3,‡
1 School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
2 College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;
3 School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
Abstract  The trans-media transmission of quantum pulse is one of means of free-space transmission which can be applied in continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) system. In traditional implementations for atmospheric channels, the 1500-to-1600-nm pulse is regarded as an ideal quantum pulse carrier. However, the underwater transmission of this pulses tends to suffer from severe attenuation, which inevitably deteriorates the security of the whole CVQKD system. In this paper, we propose an alternative scheme for implementations of CVQKD over satellite-to-submarine channels. We estimate the parameters of the trans-media channels, involving atmosphere, sea surface and seawater and find that the short-wave infrared performs well in the above channels. The 450-nm pulse is used for generations of quantum signal carriers to accomplish quantum communications through atmosphere, sea surface and seawater channels. Numerical simulations show that the proposed scheme can achieve the transmission distance of 600 km. In addition, we demonstrate that non-Gaussian operations can further lengthen its maximal transmission distance, which contributes to the establishment of practical global quantum networks.
Keywords:  continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD)      short-wave infrared      satellite-to-submarine  
Received:  18 November 2021      Revised:  31 December 2021      Accepted manuscript online:  07 January 2022
PACS:  03.67.Dd (Quantum cryptography and communication security)  
  03.67.Hk (Quantum communication)  
  03.67.-a (Quantum information)  
Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62101180 and 61871407), the Key R&D Program of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2022GK2016), the State Key Laboratory of High Performance Computing, National University of Defense Technology (Grant No. 202101-25), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 531118010371).
Corresponding Authors:  Qin Liao, Ying Guo     E-mail:  llqqlq@hnu.edu.cn;yingguo@csu.edu.cn

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Qingquan Peng(彭清泉), Qin Liao(廖骎), Hai Zhong(钟海), Junkai Hu(胡峻凯), and Ying Guo(郭迎) Short-wave infrared continuous-variable quantum key distribution over satellite-to-submarine channels 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 060306

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