Tight finite-key analysis for mode-pairing quantum key distribution

Abstract Mode-pairing quantum key distribution (MP-QKD) is a potential protocol that is not only immune to all possible detector side channel attacks, but also breaks the repeaterless rate-transmittance bound without needing global phase locking. Here we analyze the finite-key effect for the MP-QKD...

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Main Authors: Ze-Hao Wang, Rong Wang, Zhen-Qiang Yin, Shuang Wang, Feng-Yu Lu, Wei Chen, De-Yong He, Guang-Can Guo, Zheng-Fu Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01382-y