Finite-Key Analysis for a Practical High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution System Based on Time-Phase States
Ya-Hui Gan1,2, Yang Wang1,2**, Wan-Su Bao1,2**, Ru-Shi He1,2, Chun Zhou1,2, Mu-Sheng Jiang1,2
1Henan Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Cryptography, Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute, Zhengzhou 450001 2Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
Abstract：High-dimensional quantum states key distribution (HD-QKD) can enable more than one bit per photon and tolerate more noise. Recently, a practical HD-QKD system based on time-phase states has provided a secret key at Mbps over metropolitan distances. For the purposes of further improving the secret key rate of a practical HD-QKD system, we make two main contributions in this work. Firstly, we present an improved parameter estimation for this system in the finite-key scenario based on the Chernoff bound and the improved Chernoff bound. Secondly, we analyze how the dimension $d$ affects the performance of the practical HD-QKD system. We present numerical simulations about the secret key rate of the practical HD-QKD system based on different parameter estimation methods. It is found that using the improved Chernoff bound can improve the secret key rate and maximum channel loss of the practical HD-QKD system. In addition, a mixture of the 4-level and 8-level practical HD-QKD system can provide better performance in terms of the key generation rate over metropolitan distances.
. [J]. 中国物理快报, 2019, 36(4): 40301-.
Ya-Hui Gan, Yang Wang, Wan-Su Bao, Ru-Shi He, Chun Zhou, Mu-Sheng Jiang. Finite-Key Analysis for a Practical High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution System Based on Time-Phase States. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2019, 36(4): 40301-.
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