Title
Sending-or-Not-Sending Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution with Light Source Monitoring.
Abstract
Twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) is proposed to achieve a remote key distribution with a maximum secure transmission distance up to over 500 km. Although the security of TF-QKD in its detection part is guaranteed, there are some remaining problems in the source part. The sending-or-not-sending (SNS) protocol is proposed to solve the security problem in the phase post-selection process; however, the light source is still assumed to be an ideal coherent state. This assumption is not satisfied in real-life QKD systems, leading to practical secure issues. In this paper, we discuss the condition that the photon number distribution (PND) of the source is unknown for the SNS protocol, demonstrate that the security analysis is still valid under a source with unknown PND, and show that with light source monitoring, the performance of the SNS protocol can remain almost unchanged.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/e22010036
ENTROPY
Keywords
Field
DocType
quantum key distribution,twin-fields,sending-or-not-sending,light source monitoring
Key distribution,Quantum key distribution,Photon,Mathematical optimization,Secure transmission,Computer network,Security analysis,Coherent states,Light source,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
22
1
1099-4300
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.63
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yucheng Qiao110.63
Zi-yang Chen26914.25
YiChen Zhang32610.72
Bingjie Xu423.01
hong guo543.95