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18 December 2019 Phase attack on reference pulses of continuous-variable quantum key distribution with real local oscillators
Biao Huang, Langhua Liu, Yu Wang, Yongmei Huang, Zhenming Peng
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Proceedings Volume 11339, AOPC 2019: Quantum Information Technology; 1133903 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2538523
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC2019), 2019, Beijing, China
Abstract
Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) with a real local oscillator (LO) is confronted with new security issues attributed to the reference pulses transmitted together with quantum signals over the insecure quantum channel. This paper proposes a method of phase attack on reference pulses of the CVQKD with real LOs. Under the phase attack, the phase drifts of reference pulses are manipulated by eavesdroppers so that the phase compensation error is increased. Consequently, the secret key rate is reduced because of the imperfect phase compensation for quantum signals. Based on the noise model of imperfect phase compensation, both the parameters of actual transmittance and actual excess noise are deduced from the phase compensation accuracy, and then they are compared with those estimated by training signals. The simulation results show that the secret key rate calculated from the theoretical parameters is consistent with the one estimated by training signals.
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Biao Huang, Langhua Liu, Yu Wang, Yongmei Huang, and Zhenming Peng "Phase attack on reference pulses of continuous-variable quantum key distribution with real local oscillators", Proc. SPIE 11339, AOPC 2019: Quantum Information Technology, 1133903 (18 December 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2538523
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Phase compensation
Oscillators
Quantum key distribution
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