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Abstract
A quantum digital signature (QDS) guarantees the unforgeability, nonrepudiation, and transferability of signature messages with information-theoretic security, and hence has attracted much attention recently. However, most previous implementations of QDS showed relatively low signature rates and/or short transmission distance. In this Letter, we report a proof-of-principle phase-encoding QDS demonstration using only one decoy state. First, such a method avoids the modulation of the vacuum state, thus reducing experimental complexity and random number consumption. Moreover, incorporated with low-loss asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometers and a real-time polarization calibration technique, we have successfully achieved a higher signature rate, e.g., 0.98 bit/s at 103 km, and to date, a record-breaking, to the best of our knowledge, transmission distance of over 280-km installed fibers. Our work represents a significant step towards real-world applications of QDS.
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