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arXiv:1007.1696

Coherent pulse position modulation quantum cipher supported by secret key

Masaki Sohma, Osamu Hirota

Published Jul 10, 2010• 6 citations
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Abstract

A quantum cipher supported by a secret key so called keyed communication in quantum noise (KCQ) is very attractive in implementing high speed key generation and secure data transmission. However, Yuen-2000 as a basic model of KCQ has a difficulty to ensure the quantitative security evaluation because all physical parameter for the cipher system is finite. Recently, an outline of a generalized scheme so called coherent pulse position modulation(CPPM) to show the rigorous security analysis is given, where the parameters are allowed to be asymptotical. This may open a new way for the quantum key distribution with coherent states of considerable energy and high speed. In this paper, we clarify a generation method of CPPM quantum signal by using a theory of unitary operator and symplectic transformation, and show an asymptotic property of security and its numerical examples.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1007.1696

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The security analysis of physical encryption protocol based on coherent pulse position modulation(CPPM) originated by Yuen is one of the most interesting topics in the study of cryptosystem with a security level beyond the Shannon limit. Although the implementation of CPPM scheme has certain difficulty, several methods have been proposed recently. This paper deals with the CPPM encryption in terms of symplectic transformation, which includes a phase mask encryption as a special example, and formulates a unified security analysis for such encryption schemes. Specifically, we give a lower bound of Eve's symbol error probability using reliability function theory to ensure that our proposed system exceeds the Shannon limit. Then we assume the secret key is given to Eve after her heterodyne measurement. Since this assumption means that Eve has a great advantage in the sense of the conventional cryptography, the lower bound of her error indeed ensures the security level beyond the Shannon limit. In addition, we show some numerical examples of the security performance.
A new principle of quantum cryptography to be called KCQ, keyed CDMA in quantum noise, is developed on the basis of quantum detection theory. By the use of a shared secret key that determines the quantum states generated for different data bit values, the users may employ the corresponding optimum quantum measurement to decode each data bit. This gives them a better error performance than an attacker who does not know the key, and an overall generation of a fresh key may be obtained from the resulting advantage. This principle is illustrated in the operation of a concrete qubit system which is secure against individual attack in a simple manner. Its security against joint attacks in the presence of noise is obtained with the introduction of two new techniques, data bit randomization via source coding and deliberate error randomization via keyless randomness introduced by the user. The criterion of bit error rate, which is more appropriate than mutual information, is used in a general security analysis of key generation schemes.The criterion of protocol efficiency and its sensitivity to system parameter fluctuation is proposed as another benchmark on the evaluation of key generation protocols. A brief sketch is given on the implementation of KCQ with coherent states of considerable energy and its use in direct encryption. Another technique, deliberate signal randomization, is introduced. Some qualitative comparison among the different key generation schemes are made from with a fundamental and a practical viewpoint. Detailed quantitative results on qubits and coherent-state KCQ schemes for key generation and direct encryption performance would be presented in future papers of this series. The apparent gaps in the unconditional security proofs of previous protocols are indicated in Appendix.
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