Side-Channel Free Measurement-Device- Independent Quantum Key Distribution Based on Source Monitoring

Wen-Lin Wang; Xing-Yu Zhou; Ming-Shuo Sun; Chun-Hui Zhang; Qin Wang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3307169

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2023)

Side-Channel Free Measurement-Device- Independent Quantum Key Distribution Based on Source Monitoring

Wen-Lin Wang,
Xing-Yu Zhou,
Ming-Shuo Sun,
Chun-Hui Zhang,
Qin Wang

Affiliations

Wen-Lin Wang: ORCiD; Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Technology Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Telecommunication and Networks National Engineering Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Xing-Yu Zhou: ORCiD; Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Technology Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Telecommunication and Networks National Engineering Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Ming-Shuo Sun: ORCiD; Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Technology Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Telecommunication and Networks National Engineering Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Chun-Hui Zhang: ORCiD; Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Technology Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Telecommunication and Networks National Engineering Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Qin Wang: ORCiD; Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Technology Key Lab of Ministry of Education, Telecommunication and Networks National Engineering Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3307169
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 5
pp. 1 – 5

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Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) can remove all detector side-channel attacks. However, there are still some assumptions on source preparations in MDI-QKD protocols, which are too strict to achieve in real-life implementations. To remove those assumptions, here we construct a scheme on characterizing the source modulation errors with Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferences. Furthermore, we combine it with the decoy-state method and present the security analysis. Besides, finite data-size effects are taken into account as well. Simulation results verify the feasibility and practicability of this scheme. It thus seems a very promising candidate for constructing high-security network in the near future.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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