State-dependent misalignment and turbulence effects on high-dimensional quantum key distribution with orbital angular momentum

Abstract High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD-QKD) is a topic of growing interest in the quantum communication community, not only for its inherent properties but also for its possible applications. As the typical freedom in HD-QKD, orbital angular momentum (OAM) has made significant advanc...

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Published in:New journal of physics 2024-05, Vol.26 (5), p.53034
Main Authors: Li, Jiahao, Wang, Xingyu, Yu, Huicun, Tang, Jie, Liu, Ying, Cao, Yuexiang, Deng, Zhifeng, Wu, Dan, Hu, Haoran, Wang, Ya, Lun, Huazhi, Zhang, Bo, Wei, Jiahua, Liu, Bo, Shi, Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular momentum
atmospheric channel model
Coding
Communication
Crosstalk
Degeneration
Hilbert space
Misalignment
orbital angular momentum
Quantum cryptography
quantum key distribution
security analysis
Turbulence effects
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Summary:Abstract High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD-QKD) is a topic of growing interest in the quantum communication community, not only for its inherent properties but also for its possible applications. As the typical freedom in HD-QKD, orbital angular momentum (OAM) has made significant advancements in experiments recently. However, in the airborne scenario, different states suffer different amounts of misalignment and turbulence. A complete theoretical analysis model for the transmission characteristics of OAM in atmospheric channels is lacking. In this paper, we systematically analyze the extent to which degeneration including channel power loss and mode crosstalk are influenced by misalignment and turbulence effects. Furthermore, the performance of OAM-encoded HD-QKD system in different dimensions is evaluated while incorporating finite-key effects. We demonstrate that the performance of OAM-encoded HD-QKD will be better at short range, which provide a reference to implement QKD based on task requirements. Since OAM is desired to increase the capacity of QKD system and experiments have already been carried out, our work can not only bridge the gap between theory and practice, but also optimize experimental parameters and improve system performance.
ISSN:1367-2630
1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/ad49c3