Quantum Cryptography Approaching the Classical Limit
arXiv:1004.3345 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.110501
Abstract
We consider the security of continuous-variable quantum cryptography as we approach the classical-limit, i.e., when the unknown preparation noise at the sender's station becomes significantly noisy or thermal (even by as much as 10,000 times the variance of the vacuum mode). We show that, provided the channel transmission losses do not exceed 50%, the security of quantum cryptography is not dependent on the channel transmission, and is therefore, incredibly robust against significant amounts of excess preparation noise. We extend these results to consider for the first time quantum cryptography at wavelengths considerably longer than optical and find that regions of security still exist all the way down to the microwave.
Letter (4 pages) followed by appendix (4 pages). Updated from published version with some minor corrections
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