Quantum key distribution system and method based on continuous photointerruption
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of optical transmission safety communication, in particular to a quantum key distribution system and method based on continuous photointerruption.
Background
With the wide spread of the internet, the information transfer between people reaches an unprecedented number and frequency, and various private information is increasingly exposed on the internet, so that the demand of people for secret communication also reaches an unprecedented height. The existing encryption mode of internet information security is called a public key cryptosystem, and the principle is that a public key transmitted on a network and a private key remained in a computer are generated through an encryption algorithm, and the two keys must be matched to use to realize complete encryption and decryption processes.
The encryption standard used by the modern Internet is an RSA algorithm which is born in the 70 th century of 20, namely, the encryption standard is hard to calculate by utilizing the mass factor decomposition of a large number to ensure the security of a secret key.
The quantum key distribution is BB84 protocol based on quantum mechanics measurement principle proposed by the physicist Bennett and the cryptologist Brangard in 1984, and the security of the key can be fundamentally ensured by the quantum key distribution.
In the prior art, a quantum key generates signal light at a transmitting end, and in the traditional quantum channel transmission process, due to the effects of double refraction and the like of an optical fiber channel, the polarization state of the quantum key has larger change, the interference effect of the later period of an optical signal is affected, the integral key is lost, at present, a deviation correcting system is added at a receiving end to solve the problems, the polarization state of the optical signal is restored through the deviation correcting system, but the deviation correcting system needs complex hardware and software to be composed, the complexity of the integral system is brought to the whole key distribution system, and the production cost is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a quantum key distribution system and a quantum key distribution method, which are used for solving the technical defects that in the prior art, a deviation rectifying system is added at a receiving end for solving the problem of polarization state change of signal light transmitted in a quantum channel, and the polarization state of an optical signal is restored through the deviation rectifying system, but the deviation rectifying system needs complex hardware and software parts to form, so that the complexity of the whole system and the technical defect of improving the production cost are brought to the whole key distribution system.
The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:
the quantum key distribution system based on continuous photointerruption comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end, wherein the transmitting end and the receiving end are connected through a quantum channel, the transmitting end comprises a transmitting end driving plate, a continuous optical signal laser, a synchronous laser, a continuous photointerruption intensity modulator, a decoy state intensity modulator, a phase modulator, a first adjustable attenuator, a second adjustable attenuator and a transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer, the continuous optical signal laser is sequentially connected with the continuous photointerruption intensity modulator, the decoy state intensity modulator, the phase modulator, the first adjustable attenuator and the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer, the synchronous laser is sequentially connected with the second adjustable attenuator and the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer, the first adjustable attenuator and the second adjustable attenuator are connected with the same end of the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer, and the transmitting end driving plate is respectively connected with the continuous optical signal laser, the synchronous laser, the continuous photointerruption intensity modulator, the decoy state intensity modulator, the phase modulator, the first adjustable attenuator and the second adjustable attenuator;
the receiving end comprises a receiving end driving plate, a receiving end wavelength division multiplexer, a synchronous detector, a polarization beam splitter, a first polarization beam splitter, a second polarization beam splitter and a single photon detector, wherein the receiving end wavelength division multiplexer is connected with the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer through a quantum channel, the other end of the receiving end wavelength division multiplexer is respectively connected with the synchronous detector and the polarization beam splitter, the polarization beam splitter is sequentially connected with the first polarization beam splitter and the second polarization beam splitter, the first polarization beam splitter is respectively connected with the second polarization beam splitter through a long-arm polarization-maintaining optical fiber and a short-arm polarization-maintaining optical fiber, a phase regulator is connected in the long-arm polarization-maintaining optical fiber, and the other end of the second polarization-maintaining optical fiber is connected with two paths of single photon detectors, and the receiving end driving plate is respectively connected with the synchronous detector, the phase regulator and the single photon detector.
Preferably, the quantum channel is a single mode fiber.
Preferably, the receiving end further comprises a third polarization maintaining beam splitter and a fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter, the polarization beam splitters are sequentially connected with the third polarization maintaining beam splitter and the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter, the third polarization maintaining beam splitter is connected with the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter through a long-arm polarization maintaining fiber and a short-arm polarization maintaining fiber respectively, a phase regulator is connected in the long-arm polarization maintaining fiber, and the other end of the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter is connected with two paths of single photon detectors.
Preferably, the transmitting end further comprises a depolarizer, and the depolarizer is arranged between the phase modulator of the transmitting end part and the first adjustable attenuator.
The invention also provides a quantum key distribution method based on continuous photointerruption according to claim 1, which comprises the following steps:
1) Triggering a laser: the transmitting end respectively triggers the continuous optical signal laser and the synchronous laser to transmit continuous signal light and synchronous light by using the same clock signal, wherein the continuous signal light is used as modulated light, and the synchronous light is transmitted to the receiving end as a synchronous signal and is responded by the synchronous detector to be used by the receiving end;
2) Continuous signal light attenuation chopping: chopping the continuous signal light into pulse light by using a continuous light chopping intensity modulator, wherein the repetition frequency of the pulse light is twice that of the continuous signal light;
3) Decoy state modulation: the pulse light is subjected to random intensity modulation through a decoy state intensity modulator to become signal light in a signal state, a decoy state or a vacuum state;
4) The electric control adjustable attenuator attenuates the signal light: the signal light attenuates the light pulse to the single photon magnitude through the first adjustable attenuator, and the synchronous light adjusts the synchronous light to the intensity range which can be responded by the receiving end through the second adjustable attenuator;
5) The signal light and the synchronous light are transmitted through a quantum channel: the signal light and the synchronous light with different wavelengths are combined into a channel for transmission at a transmitting end through a transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer, and are re-decomposed at a receiving end through a receiving end wavelength division multiplexer;
6) Splitting by a polarizing beam splitter: decomposing light with unsynchronized polarization into a horizontal polarization direction and a vertical polarization direction through a polarization beam splitter;
7) Interference at the receiving end: the method comprises the steps that a first polarization-preserving beam splitter is used for manufacturing an unequal arm MZ interference ring with the same length difference as that of a transmitting end arm, signal light is divided into two pulses through the polarization-preserving beam splitter, one of the two pulses passes through a long arm, a phase modulator is added in the long arm, random phase modulation is carried out on the signal light, and a short arm does not carry out modulation;
8) Single photon detector detects: the single photon detector detects the optical signal for subsequent processing to generate the security key.
Preferably, in the step 3), the signal light is subjected to random 4-phase modulation, which is 0, pi/2, pi, 3 pi/2 respectively; in step 7), the signal light is subjected to random 2-phase modulation, which is 0 and pi/2 respectively.
Preferably, the step 7) further includes another interference, a third polarization-maintaining beam splitter is used to manufacture an unequal arm MZ interference loop with the same length difference as the transmitting end arm, the signal light is divided into two pulses by the polarization-maintaining beam splitter, one path passes through the long arm, a phase modulator is added in the long arm, the random phase modulation is performed on the signal light, and the short arm does not perform modulation.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
according to the quantum key distribution system, the polarization beam splitter is added at the receiving end to decompose the signal light into two perpendicular polarization states, interference under the respective polarization states is completed by the polarization-maintaining optical fiber interference ring, a good interference result is obtained, the influence of the birefringence effect on the interference result caused by the light polarization state in the optical fiber transmission process is avoided, meanwhile, a deviation correcting system is abandoned, the system redundancy is simplified, and the production cost is reduced; meanwhile, two light pulses with consistent polarization states are obtained in a continuous photointerruption mode at the transmitting end, so that the manufacturing of an interference ring at the transmitting end is omitted, the redundancy of a system is further simplified, and the production cost is reduced.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a quantum key distribution system of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a flow chart of a quantum key distribution method of the present invention.
In the figure: transmitting end 1, transmitting end driving board 101, continuous optical signal laser 102, synchronous laser 103, continuous photointerruption intensity modulator 104, decoy intensity modulator 105, first tunable attenuator 106, second tunable attenuator 107, transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer 108, depolarizer 109, receiving end 2, receiving end driving board 201, receiving end wavelength division multiplexer 202, synchronous detector 203, polarizing beam splitter 204, first polarization maintaining beam splitter 205, second polarization maintaining beam splitter 206 and single photon detector 207, third polarization maintaining beam splitter 208, fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter 209, quantum channel 3, phase adjuster 4.
Detailed Description
The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the invention are shown.
As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 2, a continuous photointerruption-based quantum key distribution system includes a transmitting end 1 and a receiving end 2, where the transmitting end 1 and the receiving end 2 are connected through a quantum channel 3, the transmitting end 1 includes a transmitting end driving board 101, a continuous optical signal laser 102, a synchronous laser 103, a continuous photointerruption intensity modulator 104, a decoy-state intensity modulator 105, a phase modulator 4, a first adjustable attenuator 106, a second adjustable attenuator 107, and a transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer 108, the continuous optical signal laser 102 is sequentially connected with the continuous photointerruption intensity modulator 104, the decoy-state intensity modulator 105, the phase modulator 4, a first adjustable attenuator 106, and the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer 108, the synchronous laser 103 is sequentially connected with the second adjustable attenuator 107, and the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer 108, the first adjustable attenuator 106 is connected with the same end of the second adjustable attenuator 107, and the transmitting end driving board 101 is respectively connected with the continuous optical signal laser 103, the continuous optical signal modulator 102, the decoy-state intensity modulator 105, the phase modulator 106, the first adjustable attenuator 102, and the second adjustable attenuator 106, and the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer 108; the phase regulator 4 of the transmitting end 1 part, the continuous photointerruption intensity modulator 104, the decoy state intensity modulator 105, the first adjustable attenuator 107 and the second adjustable attenuator 108 are respectively connected with the transmitting end driving board 101 through analog control signal lines, and the continuous optical signal laser 102 and the synchronous laser 103 are respectively connected with the transmitting end driving board 101 through digital control signal lines; the receiving end 2 comprises a receiving end driving board 201, a receiving end wavelength division multiplexer 202, a synchronous detector 203, a polarization beam splitter 204, a first polarization maintaining beam splitter 205, a second polarization maintaining beam splitter 206 and a single photon detector 207, the receiving end wavelength division multiplexer 202 is connected with the transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer 108 through a quantum channel 3, the other end of the receiving end wavelength division multiplexer 202 is respectively connected with the synchronous detector 203 and the polarization beam splitter 204, the polarization beam splitter 204 is sequentially connected with the first polarization maintaining beam splitter 205 and the second polarization maintaining beam splitter 206, the first polarization maintaining beam splitter 205 is respectively connected with the second polarization maintaining beam splitter 206 through a long-arm polarization maintaining fiber and a short-arm polarization maintaining fiber, a phase regulator 4 is connected in the long-arm polarization maintaining fiber, the other end of the second polarization maintaining beam splitter 206 is connected with the two single photon detectors 207, the receiving end driving board 201 is respectively connected with the synchronous detector 203, the phase regulator 4 and the single photon detector 207, and the phase regulator 4 of the receiving end 2 is connected with the receiving end driving board 201 through an analog control signal wire. In this embodiment, the quantum channel 3 is a single mode fiber, and if the distance between the quantum channels 3 is not too long, polarization maintaining fiber transmission can be adopted to increase the stability of the polarization state of the signal light. The receiving end 2 further comprises a third polarization maintaining beam splitter 208 and a fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter 209, the polarization beam splitter 204 is sequentially connected with the third polarization maintaining beam splitter 208 and the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter 209, the third polarization maintaining beam splitter 208 is connected with the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter 209 through a long-arm polarization maintaining fiber and a short-arm polarization maintaining fiber respectively, the long-arm polarization maintaining fiber is connected with the phase regulator 4, the other end of the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter 209 is connected with the two single photon detectors 207, the quantum key distribution system adopts four single photon detectors 207 to detect photons altogether, wherein the first polarization maintaining beam splitter 205 and the second polarization maintaining beam splitter 206 form an interference ring with the phase regulator 4 through the long-arm polarization maintaining fiber and the short-arm polarization maintaining fiber, and the third polarization maintaining beam splitter 208 and the fourth polarization maintaining beam splitter 209 form another interference ring with the phase regulator 4 through the long-arm polarization maintaining fiber and the short-arm polarization maintaining fiber. The transmitting end 1 further comprises a depolarizer 109, the depolarizer 109 is arranged between the phase modulator 4 and the first adjustable attenuator 106 at the transmitting end part, and the depolarizer 109 can reduce the polarization degree of the signal light to 0, so that the polarization state of the signal light is in a natural light state, and the security of a system transmission key is effectively ensured.
The invention also provides a quantum key distribution method based on continuous photointerruption according to claim 1, which comprises the following steps:
1) Triggering a laser: the transmitting end respectively triggers the continuous optical signal laser and the synchronous laser to transmit continuous signal light and synchronous light by using the same clock signal, wherein the continuous signal light is used as modulated light, and the synchronous light is transmitted to the receiving end as a synchronous signal and is responded by the synchronous detector to be used by the receiving end;
2) Continuous signal light attenuation chopping: chopping the continuous signal light into pulse light by using a continuous light chopping intensity modulator, wherein the repetition frequency of the pulse light is twice that of the continuous signal light;
3) Decoy state modulation: the pulse light is subjected to random intensity modulation through a decoy state intensity modulator to become signal light in a signal state, a decoy state or a vacuum state;
4) The electric control adjustable attenuator attenuates the signal light: the signal light attenuates the light pulse to the single photon magnitude through the first adjustable attenuator, and the synchronous light adjusts the synchronous light to the intensity range which can be responded by the receiving end through the second adjustable attenuator;
5) The signal light and the synchronous light are transmitted through a quantum channel: the signal light and the synchronous light with different wavelengths are combined into a channel for transmission at a transmitting end through a transmitting end wavelength division multiplexer, and are re-decomposed at a receiving end through a receiving end wavelength division multiplexer;
6) Splitting by a polarizing beam splitter: decomposing light with unsynchronized polarization into a horizontal polarization direction and a vertical polarization direction through a polarization beam splitter;
7) Interference at the receiving end: the method comprises the steps that a first polarization-preserving beam splitter is used for manufacturing an unequal arm MZ interference ring with the same length difference as that of a transmitting end arm, signal light is divided into two pulses through the polarization-preserving beam splitter, one of the two pulses passes through a long arm, a phase modulator is added in the long arm, random phase modulation is carried out on the signal light, and a short arm does not carry out modulation;
8) Single photon detector detects: the single photon detector detects the optical signal for subsequent processing to generate the security key. In the step 3), the signal light is subjected to random 4-phase modulation, which is respectively 0, pi/2, pi and 3 pi/2; in step 7), the signal light is subjected to random 2-phase modulation, which is 0 and pi/2 respectively. The step 7) further comprises the step of interfering the other path, manufacturing an unequal arm MZ interference ring with the same length difference as the transmitting end arm by using a third polarization maintaining beam splitter, dividing the signal light into two pulses by the polarization maintaining beam splitter, wherein one path passes through a long arm, a phase modulator is added in the long arm, and carrying out random phase modulation on the signal light, and the short arm does not carry out modulation.
As known from the quantum key distribution system and the quantum key distribution method provided by the invention, the signal light is decomposed into two perpendicular polarization states by adding the polarization beam splitter at the receiving end, interference under the respective polarization states is completed by utilizing the polarization-maintaining optical fiber interference ring, a better interference result is obtained, the influence of the birefringence effect on the interference result caused by the light polarization state in the optical fiber transmission process is avoided, meanwhile, a deviation correcting system is abandoned, the redundancy of the system is simplified, and the production cost is also reduced; meanwhile, two light pulses with consistent polarization states are obtained in a continuous photointerruption mode at the transmitting end, so that the manufacturing of an interference ring at the transmitting end is omitted, the redundancy of a system is further simplified, and the production cost is reduced.