Robustness of entanglement-based discrete- and continuous-variable quantum key distribution against channel noise

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07007v2
• Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 12:25:21 GMT
• Title: Robustness of entanglement-based discrete- and continuous-variable quantum key distribution against channel noise
• Authors: Mikolaj Lasota, Olena Kovalenko, Vladyslav C. Usenko
• Abstract summary: We perform a general comparison of the major entanglement-based DV and CV QKD protocols in terms of their resistance to the channel noise. We analytically derive fundamental bounds on the tolerable channel noise and attenuation for entanglement-based CV QKD protocols. Our results indicate the realistic advantage of DV entanglement-based schemes over their CV counterparts.
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• Abstract: Discrete-variable (DV) and continuous-variable (CV) schemes constitute the two major families of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols. Unfortunately, since the setup elements required by these schemes are quite different, making a fair comparison of their potential performance in particular applications is often troublesome, limiting the experimenters' capability to choose an optimal solution. In this work we perform a general comparison of the major entanglement-based DV and CV QKD protocols in terms of their resistance to the channel noise, with the otherwise perfect setup, showing the definite superiority of the DV family. We analytically derive fundamental bounds on the tolerable channel noise and attenuation for entanglement-based CV QKD protocols. We also investigate the influence of DV QKD setup imperfections on the obtained results in order to determine benchmarks for the parameters of realistic photon sources and detectors, allowing the realistic DV protocols to outperform even the ideal CV QKD analogs. Our results indicate the realistic advantage of DV entanglement-based schemes over their CV counterparts and suggests the practical efforts for maximizing this advantage.

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