Side-channel security of practical quantum key distribution
- 1. Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology and Jinan branch, Hefei National Laboratory, Jinan, Shandong 250101, China
- 2. State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, and Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, China
- 3. School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- 4. Data Communication Science and Technology Research Institute, Beijing 100191, China
- 5. International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
Description
We present general security proof for quantum key distribution (QKD) with imperfect states in whole space including both the operational space and the other space (side-channel space). We show that in a protocol where Alice (Bob) uses two states, the secure key rate for a real protocol using imperfect (mixed) states is the same as that of a perfect protocol if the real protocol can be mapped from the perfect protocol. The calculation of the secure key rate for imperfect sources is reduced to the lower bound of projection probability to vacuum for each state. This paves the operable way to side-channel-secure QKD under more realistic conditions, including imperfections of whole-space states, mixed states, and finite data size. Taking the sending-or-not-sending encoding as an example in calculation, we obtain good key rates and long secure distance for QKD that is both measurement-device-independent and secure with imperfect whole-space source states.
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Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013266;
- arXiv
- arXiv:2305.08148;
- Crossref Funder ID
- 10.13039/100014103; 10.13039/501100001809; 10.13039/501100007129; 10.13039/501100012166; 10.13039/100014103; 10.13039/501100001809; 10.13039/501100007129; 10.13039/501100012166;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Research
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- 10 pgs.
- ISSN
- 2643-1564
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCULATION METHODS; DATA TRANSMISSION; DEFECTS; DISTANCE; DISTRIBUTION; MIXED STATE; MIXED STATES; PROBABILITY; PURE STATES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUBITS; SECRECY PROTECTION; SECURITY; SPACE
- Descriptors DEC
- COMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTERS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; INFORMATION; MECHANICS; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM STATES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- 2021ZDPT01; 12174215; 12374473; 11974204; 12104184; 12147107; ZR2021LLZ007; 2020YFA0309701; 2021ZDPT01; 12174215; 12374473; 11974204; 12104184; 12147107; ZR2021LLZ007; 2020YFA0309701
- Notes
- Contact Email: Corresponding author: xbwang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn; Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- Key Technology Research and Development Program of Shandong; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province; National Key Research and Development Program of China; Key Technology Research and Development Program of Shandong; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province; National Key Research and Development Program of China