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Polarization control algorithm for QKD systems
Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2021. Vol. 2086. Article 012092.
Mekhtiev E. E., Gerasin I. S., Rudavin N V, Duplinsky A. V., Kurochkin Y. V.
The crucial task for polarization-encoding fiber QKD is to compensate polarization drift occurring in a quantum channel. To solve this problem, the receiver usually uses a polarization controller. For proper operation, this device must be efficiently managed in real-time. In this work, a gradient-descent-based algorithm is proposed to solve this problem. The algorithm was implemented and tested on a QRate commercial QKD fiber system, that utilizes BB84-protocol. Low and stable QBER has been obtained during a day of continuous operation.
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English