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Application of a Discrete Phase-Randomized Coherent State Source in Round-Robin Differential Phase-Shift Quantum Key Distribution |
Ying-Ying Zhang1,2, Wan-Su Bao1,2**, Hong-Wei Li1,2, Chun Zhou1,2, Yang Wang1,2, 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
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Ying-Ying Zhang, Wan-Su Bao, Hong-Wei Li et al 2017 Chin. Phys. Lett. 34 080302 |
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Abstract Recently, a novel kind of quantum key distribution called the round-robin differential phase-shift (RRDPS) protocol was proposed, which bounds the amount of leakage without monitoring signal disturbance. The protocol can be implemented by a weak coherent source. The security of this protocol with a simply characterized source has been proved. The application of a common phase shift can improve the secret key rate of the protocol. In practice, the randomized phase is discrete and the secret key rate is deviated from the continuous case. In this study, we analyze security of the RRDPS protocol with discrete-phase-randomized coherent state source and bound the secret key rate. We fix the length of each packet at 32 and 64, then simulate the secret key rates of the RRDPS protocol with discrete-phase randomization and continuous-phase randomization. Our simulation results show that the performance of the discrete-phase randomization case is close to the continuous counterpart with only a small number of discrete phases. The research is practically valuable for experimental implementation.
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Received: 31 March 2017
Published: 22 July 2017
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PACS: |
03.67.Dd
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(Quantum cryptography and communication security)
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03.67.Hk
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(Quantum communication)
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42.50.Ex
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(Optical implementations of quantum information processing and transfer)
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Fund: Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2013CB338002, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11304397 and 61505261. |
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