Paper Info
Title
Use of a Local Local Oscillator for the Satellite-to-Earth Channel
Abstract
Continuous variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) offers information-theoretic secure key sharing between two parties. The sharing of a phase reference frame is an essential requirement for coherent detection in CV-QKD. Due to the potential attacks related to transmitting the local oscillator (LO) alongside quantum signals, there has been a focus on using local LOs (LLOs) to establish a shared phase reference. In this work, we develop a new noise model of a current state-of-the-art LLO scheme in the context of the satellite-to-Earth channel. In doing this, we encapsulate detailed phase-screen calculations that determine the coherent efficiency - a critical parameter in free-space CV-QKD that characterizes the wavefront aberrations caused by atmospheric turbulence. Using our new noise model we then determine the CV-QKD key rates for the satellite-to-Earth channel, secure under general attacks in the finite-size regime of the LLO scheme. Our results are of practical importance for next-generation quantum-enabled satellites that utilize multi-photon technology as opposed to single-photon technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1109/ICC42927.2021.9500392
IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC 2021)
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
1550-3607
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sebastian Kish100.34
Eduardo Villaseñor201.01
Robert A. Malaney340137.72
Mudge Kerry A.411.03
Grant Kenneth J.500.68