articlePhysical Review LettersMay 25, 2023Closed access

Experimental Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution over 1000 km Fiber Distance

University of Science and Technology of China · Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

Quantum key distribution (QKD) aims to generate secure private keys shared by two remote parties. With its security being protected by principles of quantum mechanics, some technology challenges remain towards practical application of QKD. The major one is the distance limit, which is caused by the fact that a quantum signal cannot be amplified while the channel loss is exponential with the distance for photon transmission in optical fiber. Here using the 3-intensity sending-or-not-sending protocol with the actively-odd-parity-pairing method, we demonstrate a fiber-based twin-field QKD over 1002 km. In our experiment, we developed a dual-band phase estimation and ultra-low noise superconducting nanowire…

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