Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 37, Issue 2, 172(2020)

Round-robin differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution without three-photon pulses

Honghong JIANG1、*, Bao FENG2,3, Min LU1, Yuxiang BIAN2,3, and Lisha GAO1
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    A round-robin differential-phase-shift quantum-key-distribution (QKD) protocol without three-photon pulses is proposed. This protocol can generate a secure key without monitoring signal disturbance, thus effectively reducing the complexity of implementation. Moreover, two kinds of intensity decoy states are applied to estimate the key rate in the proposed protocol. The results show that the key rate of the proposed protocol is significantly improved, and the corresponding maximum transmission distance is also increased. In addition, as only two-intensity decoy states are needed to achieve the same performance as infinite decoy states in the proposed protocol, the consumption of decoy states are effectively reduced.

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    JIANG Honghong, FENG Bao, LU Min, BIAN Yuxiang, GAO Lisha. Round-robin differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution without three-photon pulses[J]. Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2020, 37(2): 172

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    Received: Sep. 27, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 3, 2020

    The Author Email: Honghong JIANG (zhejianghonghong@zju.edu.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461. 2020.02.007

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