简介:Quantumkeydistribution(QKD)isamajorresearchtopicbecauseitprovidesunconditionalsecurity.Unfortunately,manyimperfectionsremaininQKD’sexperimentalrealization.TheFaraday–Michelson(FM)QKDsystemisproposedtoeliminatetheseimperfectionsusingpolarization.However,thelongarm’sphasemodulator(PM)hasanunexpectedinsertionloss,meaningthatthestatesentisnolongerperfect.Inthisletter,weproposeanalternativeFM-QKDsystemstructure,andanalyzethesecurityandkeygenerationrateincomparisonwiththeoriginalsystemviadifferentanalysismethods.WefindanobviouskeyrateimprovementwhenthePMinsertionlossisnotextremelysmall.