Practical aspects of measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

A novel protocol, measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD), removes all attacks from the detection system, the most vulnerable part in QKD implementations. In this paper, we present an analysis for practical aspects of MDI-QKD. To evaluate its performance, we study various e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feihu Xu, Marcos Curty, Bing Qi, Hoi-Kwong Lo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/113007