Toward Photon-Efficient Key Distribution Over Optical Channels

DOI10.1109/TIT.2014.2331060MaRDI QIDQ2986234zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yuval Kochman, Ligong Wang, Gregory W. Wornell

Publication date 16 May 2017

Published in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5883

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Channel models (including quantum) in information and communication theory (94A40)

Abstract: This work considers the distribution of a secret key over an optical (bosonic) channel in the regime of high photon efficiency, i.e., when the number of secret key bits generated per detected photon is high. While in principle the photon efficiency is unbounded, there is an inherent tradeoff between this efficiency and the key generation rate (with respect to the channel bandwidth). We derive asymptotic expressions for the optimal generation rates in the photon-efficient limit, and propose schemes that approach these limits up to certain approximations. The schemes are practical, in the sense that they use coherent or temporally-entangled optical states and direct photodetection, all of which are reasonably easy to realize in practice, in conjunction with off-the-shelf classical codes.

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