Paper Info
Title
Generalized PPM-based BB84 QKD protocol
Abstract
In this paper, we consider quantum key distribution (QKD) using pulse-position modulation (PPM) and propose the PPM-based BB84 QKD protocol. With the adoption of PPM, the efficiency of utilizing weak laser pulses can be improved and hence the key rate. We first analyse the potential of using PPM from the perspective of raw key rate. We then provide detailed description of the proposed protocol, the encoding rule of which has to be specifically designed in order to be secure. Lastly, we consider the intercept-resend and photon-number splitting attacks and analyse the secret key rate of the proposed QKD protocol. Our analysis shows that in high-loss channel, the proposed PPM-based BB84 protocol can achieve higher secret key rates compared to the conventional BB84 protocol.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876373
Transparent Optical Networks
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
cryptographic protocols,encoding,private key cryptography,pulse position modulation,quantum cryptography,bb84 qkd protocol,generalized ppm,generalized pulse position modulation,high-loss channel,intercept-resend,laser pulses,photon-number splitting attacks,quantum key distribution,secret key rate,pulse-position modulation,weak laser pulse,photonics,data mining,protocols,lasers,security,modulation
Conference
2162-7339
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yequn Zhang153.60
Djordjevic, I.B.25612.47