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The secret key rate of a continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system is limited by excess noise. A key issue typical to all modern CV-QKD systems implemented with a reference or pilot signal and an independent local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-13 Hou-Man Chin , Nitin Jain , Darko Zibar , Ulrik L. Andersen , Tobias Gehring

Quantum key distribution (QKD), the distribution of quantum secured keys useful for data encryption, is expected to have a crucial impact in the next decades. However, although the notable achievements accomplished in the last twenty years,…

The value of residual phase noise, after phase compensation, is one of the key limitations of performance improvement for continuous-variable quantum key distribution using a local local oscillator (LLO CV-QKD) system, since it is the major…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Yun Shao , Heng Wang , Yaodi Pi , Wei Huang , Yang Li , Jinlu Liu , Jie Yang , Yichen Zhang , Bingjie Xu

This article provides the unconditional security of a semi quantum key distribution (SQKD) protocol based on 3-dimensional quantum states. By deriving a lower bound for the key rate, in the asymptotic scenario, as a function of the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-08 Hasnaa Hajji , Morad El Baz

Integrating quantum key distribution (QKD) with existing optical networks is highly desired to reduce the deployment costs and achieve efficient resource utilization, and some pointtopoint transmitting experiments have verified its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Jianing Niu , Yongmei Sun , Yongrui Zhang , Yuefeng Ji

We propose an efficient logical layer-based reconciliation method for continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) to extract binary information from correlated Gaussian variables. We demonstrate that by operating on the raw-data…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 Laszlo Gyongyosi , Sandor Imre

We designed high-efficiency error correcting codes allowing to extract an errorless secret key in a continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol using a Gaussian modulation of coherent states and a homodyne detection. These codes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Paul Jouguet , Sébastien Kunz-Jacques , Anthony Leverrier

Continuous variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) is the sharing of secret keys between different parties using the continuous amplitude and phase quadratures of light. There are many protocols in which different modulation schemes are…

Higher transmission loss diminishes the performance of optical communication|be it the rate at which classical or quantum data can be sent reliably, or the secure key generation rate of quantum key distribution (QKD). Loss compounds with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-09 Ryo Namiki , Oleg Gittsovich , Saikat Guha , Norbert Lütkenhaus

The purpose of a phase-preserving linear amplifier is to make a small signal larger, regardless of its phase, so that it can be perceived by instruments incapable of resolving the original signal, while sacrificing as little as possible in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-26 Carlton M. Caves , Joshua Combes , Zhang Jiang , Shashank Pandey

Twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) overcomes the linear rate-loss limit, which promises a boost of secure key rate over long distance. However, the complexity of eliminating the frequency differences between the independent laser…

Decoy State Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), being capable of beating PNS attack and uncon- ditionally secure, have become an attractive one recently. But, in many QKD systems, disturbances of transmission channel make quantum bit error rate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhen-Qiang Yin , Zheng-Fu Han , Wei Chen , Fang-Xing Xu , Qing-Lin Wu , Guang-Can Guo

Quantum key distribution (QKD) takes advantage of fundamental properties of quantum physics to allow two distant parties to share a secret key; however, QKD is hampered by a distance limitation of a few hundred kilometers on earth. The most…

One-sided device-independent quantum key distribution (1SDI-QKD) offers a practical middle ground between fully device-independent protocols and standard QKD, achieving security with detection efficiencies as low as 50.1\% on the untrusted…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Syed M Arslan , Muhammad T Rahim , Asad Ali , Hashir Kuniyil , Saif Al Kuwari

Quantum key distribution (QKD) has emerged as a promising solution to protect current cryptographic systems against the threat of quantum computers. As QKD transitions from laboratories to real-world applications, its implementation under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Hashir Kuniyil , Saif Al-Kuwari , Asad Ali , Artur Czerwinski , Syed M. Arslan

A deterministic quantum amplifier inevitably adds noise to an amplified signal due to the uncertainty principle in quantum physics. We here investigate how a quantum-noise-limited amplifier can be improved by additionally employing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ho-Joon Kim , Su-Yong Lee , Se-Wan Ji , Hyunchul Nha

Increasing the size and complexity of quantum information systems requires highly-multiplexed readout architectures, as well as amplifier chains operating near the quantum limit (QL) of added noise. While documented prior efforts in KITWPA…

In this work, we address the central problem about how to effectively find the available precision limit of unknown parameters. In the framework of the quantum Ziv-Zakai bound (QZZB), we employ noiseless linear amplification (NLA)techniques…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-23 Wei Ye , Peng Xiao , Xiaofan Xu , Xiang Zhu , Yunbin Yan , Lu Wang , Jie Ren , Yuxuan Zhu , Ying Xia , Xuan Rao , Shoukang Chang

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) offers unconditional security in principle. Many QKD protocols have been proposed and demonstrated to ensure secure communication between two authenticated users. Continuous variable (CV) QKD offers many…

Kinetic inductance traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (KI-TWPA) have a wide instantaneous bandwidth with near quantum-limited performance and a relatively high dynamic range. Because of this, they are suitable readout devices for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-15 Farzad Faramarzi , Ryan Stephenson , Sasha Sypkens , Byeong H. Eom , Henry LeDuc , Peter Day