Implementation security in quantum key distribution

V Zapatero, Á Navarrete, M Curty - Advanced Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The problem of implementation security in quantum key distribution (QKD) refers to the
difficulty of meeting the requirements of mathematical security proofs in real‐life QKD …

Security analysis against the Trojan horse attack on practical polarization-encoding quantum key distribution systems

T Luo, Q Liu, X Sun, C Huang, Y Chen, Z Zhang, K Wei - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD), which theoretically provides unconditional secure
communication, has developed rapidly in the past decades. However, the practical QKD …

Source monitoring twin-field quantum key distribution assisted with Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

M Sun, WL Wang, XY Zhou, CH Zhang, Q Wang - Physical Review Research, 2023 - APS
Twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) can change the channel-loss dependence of
key rates from O (η) to O (η) and thus significantly increase the secure key rate compared …

Intensity correlations in measurement-device-independent<? pag\?> quantum key distribution

J Liu, T Xing, R Liu, Z Chen, H Tan, A Huang - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The intensity correlations due to imperfect modulation during the quantum-state preparation
in a measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI QKD) system …

Improve the performance of reference-frame-independent measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with heralded single-photon sources

L Zhou, Z Li, J Wang, Z Sun, Y Li, H Ma - The European Physical Journal D, 2023 - Springer
The performance degradation of reference-frame-independent measurement-device-
independent quantum key distribution (RFI-MDI-QKD) protocol caused by the finite key size …