Unconditional security of the Bennett 1992 quantum-key-distribution scheme with a strong reference pulse

作者:Tamaki Kiyoshi*; Luetkenhaus Norbert; Koashi Masato; Batuwantudawe Jamie
来源:Physical Review A, 2009, 80(3): 032302.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.80.032302

摘要

We prove the unconditional security of the original Bennett 1992 protocol with strong reference pulse. We show that we may place a projection onto suitably defined qubit spaces before the receiver, which makes the analysis as simple as qubit-based protocols. Unlike the single-photon-based qubits, the qubits identified in this scheme are almost surely detected by the receiver even after a lossy channel. This leads to the key generation rate that is proportional to the channel transmission rate for proper choices of experimental parameters.

  • 出版日期2009-9