Unconditionally secure one-way quantum key distribution using decoy pulses
arXiv:quant-ph/0610015 · doi:10.1063/1.2752766
Abstract
We report here a complete experimental realization of one-way decoy-pulse quantum key distribution, demonstrating an unconditionally secure key rate of 5.51 kbps for a 25.3 km fibre length. This is two orders of magnitudes higher than the value that can be obtained with a non-decoy system. We introduce also a simple test for detecting the photon number splitting attack and highlight that it is essential for the security of the technique to fully characterize the source and detectors used.
10 pages, 5 figures