Finite-key analysis for high-dimensional quantum key distribution with intensity fluctuations

High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD-QKD) can increase photon information efficiency and be robust to noise. Several HD-QKD experiments have been demonstrated to verify the above appealing features. However, device imperfections, which have great impacts on the security of HD-QKD system, ha...

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Published in:Journal of physics. B, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2018-12, Vol.51 (24), p.245502
Main Authors: Gan, Ya-Hui, Wang, Yang, Bao, Wan-Su, Zhou, Chun, Jiang, Mu-Sheng, Li, Hong-Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
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finite-key
intensity fluctuations
quantum key distribution
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Summary:High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD-QKD) can increase photon information efficiency and be robust to noise. Several HD-QKD experiments have been demonstrated to verify the above appealing features. However, device imperfections, which have great impacts on the security of HD-QKD system, have not been widely discussed. In this paper, we mainly investigate the finite-key analysis against coherent attacks for HD-QKD without and with intensity fluctuations. For the case without intensity fluctuations, we present the parameter estimation based on the Chernoff bound and the improved Chernoff bound. When considering the case with intensity fluctuations, we present the finite-key analysis based on Azuma's inequality. By numerical simulations, we find that the performance of HD-QKD for the finite-key scenario based on the improved Chernoff bound is tighter than those based on the Chernoff bound or Hoeffding's inequality in terms of the secret-key rate and the maximum transmission distance. Moreover, we find that intensity fluctuations affect the performance of HD-QKD greatly and the effect for short running time of transmission is more obvious.
ISSN:0953-4075
1361-6455
DOI:10.1088/1361-6455/aaf015