Practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution with composable
security
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.09262v1
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:01:45 GMT
- Title: Practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution with composable
security
- Authors: Nitin Jain, Hou-Man Chin, Hossein Mani, Cosmo Lupo, Dino Solar
Nikolic, Arne Kordts, Stefano Pirandola, Thomas Brochmann Pedersen, Matthias
Kolb, Bernhard \"Omer, Christoph Pacher, Tobias Gehring, and Ulrik L.
Andersen
- Abstract summary: Continuous-variable (CV) QKD based on coherent states, despite being a suitable candidate for integration in the telecom infrastructure, has so far been unable to demonstrate composability.
We report the first Gaussian-modulated coherent state CVQKD system that is able to overcome these challenges and can generate composable keys secure against collective attacks with $N lesssim 3.5times108$ coherent states.
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- Abstract: A quantum key distribution (QKD) system must fulfill the requirement of
universal composability to ensure that any cryptographic application (using the
QKD system) is also secure. Furthermore, the theoretical proof responsible for
security analysis and key generation should cater to the number $N$ of the
distributed quantum states being finite in practice. Continuous-variable (CV)
QKD based on coherent states, despite being a suitable candidate for
integration in the telecom infrastructure, has so far been unable to
demonstrate composability as existing proofs require a rather large $N$ for
successful key generation. Here we report the first Gaussian-modulated coherent
state CVQKD system that is able to overcome these challenges and can generate
composable keys secure against collective attacks with $N \lesssim
3.5\times10^8$ coherent states. With this advance, possible due to novel
improvements to the security proof and a fast, yet low-noise and highly stable
system operation, CVQKD implementations take a significant step towards their
discrete-variable counterparts in practicality, performance, and security.
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