Continuous variable B92 quantum key distribution protocol using single photon added and subtracted coherent states
arXiv:1906.07768 · doi:10.1007/s11128-020-02872-6
Abstract
In this paper, a continuous variable B92 quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol is proposed using single photon added and subtracted coherent states, which are prepared by adding and subsequently subtracting a single photon on a coherent state. It is established that in contrast to the traditional discrete variable B92 protocol, this protocol for QKD is intrinsically robust against the unambiguous state discrimination attack, which circumvents the requirement for any uninformative states or entanglement used in corresponding discrete variable case as a remedy for this attack. Further, it is shown that the proposed protocol is intrinsically robust against the eavesdropping strategies exploiting classical communication during basis reconciliation, such as beam splitter attack. Security against some individual attacks, key rate, and bit-error rate estimation for the proposed scheme are also provided. Specifically, the proposed scheme ensures very small bit-error rate due to properties of the states used. Thus, the proposed scheme is shown to be preferable over the corresponding discrete variable B92 protocol as well as some similar continuous variable quantum key distribution schemes.
A continuous variable version of B92 protocol for QKD is proposed and shown that it has some advantages over traditional B92 protocol
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