Efficient bit sifting scheme of post-processing in quantum key distribution

DOI10.1007/S11128-015-1035-8zbMATH Open1327.81162arXiv1409.7582OpenAlexW976100934MaRDI QIDQ892640FDOQ892640

Authors: Qiong Li, Dan Le, Xianyan Wu, Hong Guo, Xia-Mu Niu 

Publication date: 11 November 2015

Published in: Quantum Information Processing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Bit sifting is an important step in the post-processing of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) whose function is to sift out the undetected original keys. The communication traffic of bit sifting has essential impact on the net secure key rate of a practical QKD system, and it is facing unprecedented challenges with the fast increase of the repetition frequency of quantum channel. In this paper, we present an efficient bit sifting scheme whose core is a lossless source coding algorithm. Both theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the performance of our scheme is approaching the Shannon limit. Our scheme can greatly decrease the communication traffic of the post-processing of a QKD system, which means it can decrease the secure key consumption for classical channel authentication and increase the net secure key rate of the QKD system. Meanwhile, it can relieve the storage pressure of the system greatly, especially the device at Alice side. Some recommendations on the application of our scheme to some representative practical QKD systems are also provided.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.7582

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zbMATH Keywords

post-processingquantum cryptographyquantum key distributionsource codingbit siftingnet secure key rateunconditionally secure authentication

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cryptography (94A60) Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94)

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