Quantum communication networks exploit single photons to generate secure encryption keys and can have very tight timing requirements [1]. These synchronization requirements are met through highly stable references, bu...
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Quantum communication networks exploit single photons to generate secure encryption keys and can have very tight timing requirements [1]. These synchronization requirements are met through highly stable references, but there is ongoing research on using only single photons to enable synchronization [2]–[4]. The single photons come naturally with the quantum communication protocol and motivate its use for both data and time transfer. As point-to-point quantum communication scenarios rapidly expand to large networks, there is great demand for robust and resource-saving synchronization methods. In this contribution, we show that single photons can be indeed a solid carrier of timing information. We complement other publications [2], [5] by describing the performance of the synchronization approach and evaluating it on a 1.7 km free space and a 70 km deployed intercity fiber link. We demonstrate time deviations of 100 ps (1.7 km free-space link) and 174 ps (70 km fiber-link) at integration times of 1 second with only crystal oscillators, which is slightly larger than 54 ps in a lab environment (Fig. 1(a)). Our results provide advances towards a strong, independent, and secure quantum communication network without external hardware and a reliable operation under versatile link scenarios.
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