International Conference on Electronic Communication and Artificial Intelligence (ICECAI)

Reference-frame-independent measurement device-independent quantum key distribution with heralded single-photon sources

Jun Lu, Wenhe Zhuo, Liangjie Cui, Zhenwei Li, Junjie Ma, Yuxiang Bian, Chunhui Zhang

Published May 12, 2023• 0 citations

Abstract

Quantum cryptography has a strong security that classical cryptography cannot match, and quantum key distribution (QKD) is the most important method of quantum cryptography. Reference-frame-independent measurement-device-independent QKD (RFI-MDI-QKD) protocol can avoid the drift of the reference frame and all side channels of measurement devices. However, RFI MDI-QKD usually employs a weak coherent state (WCS) as the light source, which limits the transmission distance of secure keys. Here, by using heralded single-photon sources, we investigate an improved decoy-state RFI-MDI-QKD scheme. We perform numerical simulations for the scheme under different scenarios, such as considering the finite size and different drift angles. Compared with the scheme with WCS, our scheme can significantly improve the transmission distance of RFI-MDI-QKD.

DOI: 10.1109/icecai58670.2023.10177006

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