Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 40, Issue 5, 719(2023)

A defense scheme of pulse illumination attack for quantum key distribution systems

ZHANG Bo1... QU Diqing1, LUO Jun2, DU Xiangjian2, FANG Yuqiang3, JIANG Lianjun3, GAO Song3, YU Lin3, SUN Fang3 and TANG Shibiao3,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Jinhua Power Supply Company, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Jinhua 321000, China
  • 2Dongyang Power Supply Company, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., Dongyan322100, China
  • 3QuantumCTek Co., Ltd., Hefei 230088, China
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    In quantum key distribution systems, bright light blinding attack makes use of the detection characteristics of linear mode caused by bright light in the actual work of single-photon detectors to control the output of single-photon detectors to be 0 or 1, so as to implement key stealing. To address the potential vulnerabilities of the new type of pulse illumination attack scheme proposed by previous researchers, a defense scheme against the detector blinding attack by pulse illumination based on beam split detection is presented. Based on the countermeasures of detecting the working current of the device to judge whether there is a blinding attack, this scheme realizes the detection of bright light pulse with 100% probability before the detector is blinded, therefore, it can close the detection loophole of pulse illumination attack and improve the security of quantum key distribution systems.

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    Bo ZHANG, Diqing QU, Jun LUO, Xiangjian DU, Yuqiang FANG, Lianjun JIANG, Song GAO, Lin YU, Fang SUN, Shibiao TANG. A defense scheme of pulse illumination attack for quantum key distribution systems[J]. Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2023, 40(5): 719

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    Received: Oct. 25, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 24, 2023

    The Author Email: TANG Shibiao (shibiao.tang@quantum-info.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2023.05.011

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