Security of quantum key distribution with imperfect phase randomisation
QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(2024)
Abstract
The performance of quantum key distribution (QKD) is severely limited by multiphoton emissions, due to the photon-number-splitting attack. The most efficient solution, the decoy-state method, requires that the phases of all transmitted pulses are independent and uniformly random. In practice, however, these phases are often correlated, especially in high-speed systems, which opens a security loophole. Here, we address this pressing problem by providing a security proof for decoy-state QKD with correlated phases that offers key rates close to the ideal scenario. Our work paves the way towards high-performance secure QKD with practical laser sources, and may have applications beyond QKD.
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Key words
quantum key distribution,QKD,decoy-state method,decoy state,gain-switching,implementation security,laser sources
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