Journal of Lightwave Technology

Quantum Noise Stream Cipher Scheme With Triangular Quadrature Amplitude Modulation and Secret Probabilistic Shaping

Kongni Zhu, Shuang Wei, Yuang Li, Yajie Li, Yixin Wang, Yongli Zhao, Jie Zhang

Published Oct 2, 2023• 16 citations

Abstract

A quantum noise stream cipher scheme (QNSC) based on triangular quadrature amplitude modulation (TQAM) and the secret probabilistic shaping (SPS) is studied. Compared with rectangular quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), TQAM is a more compact symmetrical structure, which results in better transmission performance and greater noise masking number. Then, SPS is realized, where the probabilistic shaping information as the secret key is masked into noise and transmitted with the encrypted signal simultaneously. The combination of SPS and QNSC makes it impossible for an attacker to obtain the ciphertext, which enhances the security of QNSC scheme without introducing additional key. TQAM and probabilistic shaping improve the transmission performance of QNSC scheme. Under 7% forward error correction (FEC) threshold in back-to-back system, compared with QAM/QNSC systems, TQAM/QNSC provides an OSNR gain of ∼ 0.6 dB, and SPS-TQAM/QNSC provides an OSNR gain of ∼ 1.2 dB. The proposed scheme is demonstrated with the net data rate of 34.28 Gbit/s over 140 km single-span standard single mode fiber.

DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2023.3321103

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