Long-distance continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with post-selection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.11344v3
• Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:12:32 GMT
• Title: Long-distance continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with post-selection
• Authors: Kieran N. Wilkinson, Panagiotis Papanastasiou, Carlo Ottaviani, Tobias Gehring and Stefano Pirandola
• Abstract summary: We introduce a robust scheme for long-distance continuous-variable (CV) measurement-device-independent (MDI) quantum key distribution (QKD) We perform a security analysis that allows for general transmissivity and thermal noise variance of each link. We find that the parties may communicate securely over a range of 14 km in standard optical fiber.
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• Abstract: We introduce a robust scheme for long-distance continuous-variable (CV) measurement-device-independent (MDI) quantum key distribution (QKD) in which we employ post-selection between distant parties communicating through the medium of an untrusted relay. We perform a security analysis that allows for general transmissivity and thermal noise variance of each link, in which we assume an eavesdropper performs a collective attack and controls the excess thermal noise in the channels. The introduction of post-selection enables the parties to sustain a secret key rate over distances exceeding those of existing CV MDI protocols. In the worst-case scenario in which the relay is positioned equidistant between them, we find that the parties may communicate securely over a range of 14 km in standard optical fiber. Our protocol helps to overcome the rate-distance limitations of previously proposed CV MDI protocols while maintaining many of their advantages.

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