Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution
We present protocols for quantum key distribution in a prepare-and-measure setup with an asymmetric level of trust. While the device of the sender (Alice) is partially characterized, the receiver's (Bob's) device is treated as a black-box. The security of the protocols is based on the assu...
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Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
2022-05-01
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| author | Marie Ioannou Maria Ana Pereira Davide Rusca Fadri Grünenfelder Alberto Boaron Matthieu Perrenoud Alastair A. Abbott Pavel Sekatski Jean-Daniel Bancal Nicolas Maring Hugo Zbinden Nicolas Brunner |
| author_facet | Marie Ioannou Maria Ana Pereira Davide Rusca Fadri Grünenfelder Alberto Boaron Matthieu Perrenoud Alastair A. Abbott Pavel Sekatski Jean-Daniel Bancal Nicolas Maring Hugo Zbinden Nicolas Brunner |
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| description | We present protocols for quantum key distribution in a prepare-and-measure setup with an asymmetric level of trust. While the device of the sender (Alice) is partially characterized, the receiver's (Bob's) device is treated as a black-box. The security of the protocols is based on the assumption that Alice's prepared states have limited overlaps, but no explicit bound on the Hilbert space dimension is required. The protocols are immune to attacks on the receiver's device, such as blinding attacks. The users can establish a secret key while continuously monitoring the correct functioning of their devices through observed statistics. We report a proof-of-principle demonstration, involving mostly off-the-shelf equipment, as well as a high-efficiency superconducting nanowire detector. A positive key rate is demonstrated over a 4.8 km low-loss optical fiber with finite-key analysis. The prospects of implementing these protocols over longer distances is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f89f2bce75a6464a806662450782500f2022-12-22T02:11:40ZengVerein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den QuantenwissenschaftenQuantum2521-327X2022-05-01671810.22331/q-2022-05-24-71810.22331/q-2022-05-24-718Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key DistributionMarie IoannouMaria Ana PereiraDavide RuscaFadri GrünenfelderAlberto BoaronMatthieu PerrenoudAlastair A. AbbottPavel SekatskiJean-Daniel BancalNicolas MaringHugo ZbindenNicolas BrunnerWe present protocols for quantum key distribution in a prepare-and-measure setup with an asymmetric level of trust. While the device of the sender (Alice) is partially characterized, the receiver's (Bob's) device is treated as a black-box. The security of the protocols is based on the assumption that Alice's prepared states have limited overlaps, but no explicit bound on the Hilbert space dimension is required. The protocols are immune to attacks on the receiver's device, such as blinding attacks. The users can establish a secret key while continuously monitoring the correct functioning of their devices through observed statistics. We report a proof-of-principle demonstration, involving mostly off-the-shelf equipment, as well as a high-efficiency superconducting nanowire detector. A positive key rate is demonstrated over a 4.8 km low-loss optical fiber with finite-key analysis. The prospects of implementing these protocols over longer distances is discussed.https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-05-24-718/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Marie Ioannou Maria Ana Pereira Davide Rusca Fadri Grünenfelder Alberto Boaron Matthieu Perrenoud Alastair A. Abbott Pavel Sekatski Jean-Daniel Bancal Nicolas Maring Hugo Zbinden Nicolas Brunner Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution Quantum |
| title | Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_full | Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_fullStr | Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_short | Receiver-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution |
| title_sort | receiver device independent quantum key distribution |
| url | https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-05-24-718/pdf/ |
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