Optimization of Measurement Device Independent Scarani-Acìn-Ribordy-Gisin protocol
Abstract
The measurement device independent (MDI) Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a practically implementable method for transmitting secret keys between respective partners performing quantum communication. SARG04 (Scarani-Acìn-Ribordy-Gisin 2004) is a protocol tailored to struggle against photon number splitting (PNS) attacks by eavesdroppers and its MDI-QKD version is reviewed and optimized from secret key bitrate versus communication distance point of view. We consider the effect of several important factors such as error correction function, dark counting parameter and quantum efficiency in order to achieve the largest key bitrate versus longest communication distance.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2017
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1705.09817
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1705.09817
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv170509817T
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages and 7 figures