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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Towards a Multi-Pixel Photon-to-Digital Converter for Time-Bin Quantum Key Distribution.

Simon Carrier, Michel Labrecque-Dias, Ramy Tannous, Pascal Gendron, Frédéric Nolet, Nicolas Roy, Tommy Rossignol, Frédéric Vachon, Samuel Parent, Thomas Jennewein and 2 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Simon CarrierDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
Michel Labrecque-DiasDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
Ramy TannousInstitute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8361-6828
Pascal GendronDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
Frédéric NoletDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6750-7442
Nicolas RoyDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4718-210X
Tommy RossignolDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9270-9193
Frédéric VachonDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6976-6624
Samuel ParentDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
Thomas JenneweinInstitute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Serge CharleboisDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7857-5056
Jean-François PratteDépartement de Génie Électrique et de Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8327-3842

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present an integrated single-photon detection device custom designed for quantum key distribution (QKD) with time-bin encoded single photons. We implemented and demonstrated a prototype photon-to-digital converter (PDC) that integrates an 8 × 8 single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array with on-chip digital signal processing built in TSMC 65 nm CMOS. The prototype SPADs are used to validate the QKD functionalities with an array of time-to-digital converters (TDCs) to timestamp and process the photon detection events. The PDC uses window gating to reject noise counts and on-chip processing to sort the photon detections into respective time-bins. The PDC prototype achieved a 22.7 ps RMS timing resolution and demonstrated operation in a time-bin setup with 158 ps time-bins at an optical wavelength of 410 nm. This PDC can therefore be an important building block for a QKD receiver and enables compact and robust time-bin QKD systems with imaging detectors.

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CMOS detectorfree-spacephoton-to-digital converter (PDC)QEYSSatquantum cryptographyquantum internetquantum key distribution (QKD)single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)time-bin encodingtime-to-digital converter (TDC)

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PMID37050435
PMCPMC10097401

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