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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

High-rate quantum key distribution with compact state preparation and detection.

Guan-Jie Fan-Yuan, Wei-Xin Xie, De-Yong He, Xiao-Juan Huang, Shuang Wang, Zhen-Qiang Yin, Wei Chen, Qiong Li, Hao-Kun Mao, Guo-Wei Zhang and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. 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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Guan-Jie Fan-Yuan *Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Wei-Xin Xie *Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.ORCID 0009-0004-4946-7522
De-Yong HeChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Xiao-Juan HuangChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Shuang WangChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1822-1613
Zhen-Qiang YinChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Wei ChenChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Qiong LiSchool of Cyberspace Science, Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150000, China.
Hao-Kun MaoSchool of Cyberspace Science, Faculty of Computing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150000, China.
Guo-Wei ZhangChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Yu-Long WangChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Guang-Can GuoChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Zheng-Fu HanChinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6849-0574

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation () 2022M723064Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology 2021ZD0300700JST | Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program (Key Technologies R&D Program of Jiangsu Province) BE2022071MOE | Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities) WK2470000040MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 62425507 62271463 62105318 61961136004 62171424
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Abstract

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a promising technology for information-theoretic secure communications. The practicality of QKD systems is critical for large-scale network deployment, requiring both high key generation rate and miniaturized modules for quantum-state preparation and detection. Here, we report a deployable QKD system that achieves secure key rates of 60.33 ± 0.03 Mbps at 10 km and 3.08 ± 0.20 Mbps at 100 km. The system integrates a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder encoder to achieve high-fidelity, unified preparation of polarization and decoy states via single-step modulation in a compact design. Meanwhile, we developed miniaturized single-photon avalanche detectors operating at 2.5 GHz, achieving high count rates while maintaining low noise. This high-performance and compact solution establishes a feasible roadmap for urban secure communication networks that require high capacity and bandwidth.

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integrated opticsquantum informationquantum key distributionquantum opticssingle-photon detector

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