Quantum encoder whose polarization state is modulated by phase and decoder and its application

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The present invention relates to a quantum coder with phase modulated polarization state, decoder and polarization compensating method used in the quantum secret communication, four-state quantum coder and decoder are formed from a phase-polarization controller and a true random generator, and the six-state quantum coder and decoder are formed from two phase-polarization controllers and a synchronous trigger, in the quantum secret communication it utilizes the quantum coder and decoder to effectively compensate the polarization state distortion resulted in the course of signal transmission, so that its error code rate can be greatly reduced to 10 to the minus fifth, and its modulation speed can be up to several GHz from tens Hz.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to special equipment for quantum secure communication in the communication field and an application method thereof, in particular to a quantum encoder and decoder for phase modulation polarization state and a polarization compensation method for quantum secure communication. Background technique [0002] In the existing quantum cryptography communication technology, there are three types of protocols such as BB84 protocol, B92 protocol and E91 protocol, and three coding methods such as two-state coding, four-state coding and six-state coding. The BB84 protocol belongs to the four-state coding method, while the B92 protocol and the E91 protocol belong to the two-state coding method. The efficiency of the four-state coding method is relatively high, while the efficiency of the two-state coding method is halved. [0003] The BB84 protocol usually adopts the phase modulation encoding method, that is, two ide...

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[0003] The BB84 protocol usually adopts the phase modulation encoding method, that is, two identical Mach-Zehnder interferometers are used as the encoder and decoder. The bit error rate of this encoding method is mainly determined by the interference contrast ratio of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer in addition to the electrical noise. decision, and the interference contrast is determined by the coherence of light, because the coherence of light is inevitably destroyed in the process of modulation and transmission, and once the coherence is destroyed, it cannot be compensated, therefore, the bit error rate of this coding method relatively high

[0004] Although the BB84 protocol can also be implemented using four non-orthogonal linear polarization states or a four-state encoding method of two linear polarizations plus two circular polarization states, there is still no breakthrough in technology.

[0005] The B92 protocol usually has two methods of phase modulation and polarization modulation. The phase modulation coding method is basically the same as the BB84 protocol, except that the B92 protocol uses binary coding, and the efficiency is halved; while the polarization modulation coding method usually uses two linear polarization states of photons. Coding, that is, using electro-optic crystals (such as KD * P, LiNbO 3 etc.) or the Pockels cell modulates and encodes the two linear polarization states of the photon. Because the half-wave voltage of the electro-optic crystal or the Pockels cell is very high (several thousand volts), it is very inconvenient to use, and it is difficult to achieve high-speed encoding, especially for optical The polarization state of the fiber is easily affected by factors such as stress birefringence and polarization mode dispersion in the fiber during transmission, as well as environmental interference, so the bit error rate is relatively high

[0006] The E91 protocol uses entangled photons for encoding. Because it is difficult to generate entangled photons, the required equipment is relatively expensive, and it is difficult to popularize and apply.

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