Experimental Multi-Dimensional Side-Channel-Secure Quantum Key Distribution

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Main Authors: Dong, Hao, Jiang, Cong, Ma, Di, Zhang, Chi, Huang, Jia, Li, Hao, You, Li-Xing, Liu, Yang, Wang, Xiang-Bin, Zhang, Qiang, Pan, Jian-Wei
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author Dong, Hao
Jiang, Cong
Ma, Di
Zhang, Chi
Huang, Jia
Li, Hao
You, Li-Xing
Liu, Yang
Wang, Xiang-Bin
Zhang, Qiang
Pan, Jian-Wei
author_facet Dong, Hao
Jiang, Cong
Ma, Di
Zhang, Chi
Huang, Jia
Li, Hao
You, Li-Xing
Liu, Yang
Wang, Xiang-Bin
Zhang, Qiang
Pan, Jian-Wei
contents Quantum key distribution (QKD) theoretically provides unconditional security between remote parties. However, guaranteeing practical security through device characterisation alone is challenging in real-world implementations due to the multi-dimensional spaces in which the devices may be operated. The side-channel-secure (SCS)-QKD protocol, which only requires bounding the upper limits of the intensities for the two states, theoretically provides a rigorous solution to the challenge and achieves measurement-device-independent security in detection and security for whatever multi-dimensional side channel attack in the source. Here, we demonstrate a practical implementation of SCS-QKD, achieving a secure key rate of $6.60$ kbps through a 50.5 km fibre and a maximum distribution distance of 101.1 km while accounting for finite-size effects. Our experiment also represents an approximate forty-times improvement over the previous experiment.
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spellingShingle Experimental Multi-Dimensional Side-Channel-Secure Quantum Key Distribution
Dong, Hao
Jiang, Cong
Ma, Di
Zhang, Chi
Huang, Jia
Li, Hao
You, Li-Xing
Liu, Yang
Wang, Xiang-Bin
Zhang, Qiang
Pan, Jian-Wei
Quantum Physics
Quantum key distribution (QKD) theoretically provides unconditional security between remote parties. However, guaranteeing practical security through device characterisation alone is challenging in real-world implementations due to the multi-dimensional spaces in which the devices may be operated. The side-channel-secure (SCS)-QKD protocol, which only requires bounding the upper limits of the intensities for the two states, theoretically provides a rigorous solution to the challenge and achieves measurement-device-independent security in detection and security for whatever multi-dimensional side channel attack in the source. Here, we demonstrate a practical implementation of SCS-QKD, achieving a secure key rate of $6.60$ kbps through a 50.5 km fibre and a maximum distribution distance of 101.1 km while accounting for finite-size effects. Our experiment also represents an approximate forty-times improvement over the previous experiment.
title Experimental Multi-Dimensional Side-Channel-Secure Quantum Key Distribution
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19242