Twin-field quantum key distribution with fully discrete phase randomization
arXiv:2008.03222 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.014016
Abstract
Twin-field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) can overcome fundamental secret-key-rate bounds on point-to-point QKD links, allowing us to reach longer distances than ever before. Since its introduction, several TF-QKD variants have been proposed, and some of them have already been implemented experimentally. Most of them assume that the users can emit weak coherent pulses with a continuous random phase. In practice, this assumption is often not satisfied, which could open up security loopholes in their implementations. To close this loophole, we propose and prove the security of a TF-QKD variant that relies exclusively on discrete phase randomisation. Remarkably, our results show that it can also provide higher secret-key rates than counterpart protocols that rely on continuous phase randomisation.
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