Fully passive quantum secure direct communication

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12652v1
• Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:59:12 GMT
• Title: Fully passive quantum secure direct communication
• Authors: Jia-Wei Ying, Qi Zhang, Shi-Pu Gu, Xing-Fu Wang, Lan Zhou, Yu-Bo Sheng,
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a fully passive quantum secure direct communication protocol. By passively modulating both the quantum state and the intensity of the decoy state, we can effectively eliminate the side-channel risks. Our work significantly contributes to enhancing the security of practical QSDC systems.
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• Abstract: In practical quantum communication, imperfect devices may introduce side channels, creating opportunities for eavesdroppers. Especially on the source side, the side channels created by active modulation are vulnerable to trojan horse attacks. Utilizing passive sources presents an effective solution to this issue. This paper proposes a fully passive quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) protocol. By passively modulating both the quantum state and the intensity of the decoy state, we can effectively eliminate the side-channel risks associated with the source modulators, thereby enhancing the security of practical QSDC. We optimize the intensities of the fully passive QSDC protocol to identify the optimal pulse performance of different post-selection intervals under various channel attenuation conditions. The numerical simulation results indicate that the secrecy message capacity of fully passive QSDC can reach $1.34 * 10^{-3} $ ($3.10 * 10^{-4} $) bit/pulse at 5 (10) km, approximately $78.0\%$ ($75.7\%$) of that of actively modulated QSDC. In additional, we consider the resource consumption and detection efficiency, optimizing the size of the post-selection intervals to obtain the optimal secrecy message transmission rate corresponding to each channel attenuation. Its maximum communication range is about 17.75 km. At communication distances of 5 (10) km, the maximum secrecy message transmission rate of a source with a pulse frequency of $10^{6}$ Hz is 10.268 (1.351) bit/sec. Our work significantly contributes to enhancing the security of practical QSDC systems.

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