Security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution against general attacks

Abstract

We prove the security of Gaussian continuous-variable quantum key distribution against arbitrary attacks in the finite-size regime. The novelty of our proof is to consider symmetries of quantum key distribution in phase space in order to show that, to good approximation, the Hilbert space of interest can be considered to be finite-dimensional, thereby allowing for the use of the postselection technique introduced by Christandl, Koenig and Renner (Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020504 (2009)). Our result greatly improves on previous work based on the de Finetti theorem which could not provide security for realistic, finite-size, implementations.

5 pages, plus 11 page appendix

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