基于弱相干光源测量设备无关量子密钥分发系统的误码率分析

测量设备无关量子密钥分发系统可以免疫任何针对探测器边信道的攻击, 并进一步结合诱惑态方法规避了准单光子源引入的实际安全性问题. 目前实验中一般采用弱相干光源, 但是该光源含有一定比例的空脉冲和多光子脉冲. 本文针对弱相干光源的具体特性, 采用量子力学的描述, 将各个器件进行量子化处理, 并同时考虑探测器的具体性能参数的影响, 分别给出了通信双方各自发送的脉冲含有特定光子数时产生的成功贝尔态和错误贝尔态的概率公式, 从理论上对相位编码和偏振编码测量设备无关量子密钥分发系统的误码率进行了定量分析, 分别推导并模拟了通信双方采用的平均光子数对称和不对称时误码率随传输距离的变化情况, 结果表明在偏振编码Z基中, 多光子脉冲不会引起误码; 在偏振编码X基和相位编码中, 受多光子影响, 产生的误码率较大. 对于不同的编码方式, 误码率均随传输距离的增加有不同程度的升高, 长距离传输时, 平均光子数越小, 产生的误码率越大; 在偏振编码X基和相位编码的短距离传输中, 相对于对称, 通信双方采用的平均光子数不对称时产生的误码率较大.     

基于旋转不变态的测量设备无关量子密钥分配协议研究

本文提出了一种基于旋转不变态的偏振无关测量设备量子密钥分配协议,既适用于偏振编码测量设备无关量子密钥分配系统,也应用于相位编码测量设备无关量子密钥分配系统的相干过程.通过在线偏振基进入信道传输前嵌入2块q玻片,使得在传输过程中将线偏振基转化为旋转不变的圆偏振基,而第三方对接收到的脉冲进行Bell态测量前,利用q玻片的算符可逆性,将圆偏振基还原为线偏振基进行测量,可以有效消除信道传输中偏振旋转导致的误码.本文分析了偏振无关的三诱骗态测量设备无关量子密钥分配系统的误码率,研究了密钥生成率与安全传输距离的关系,仿真结果表明,对于偏振编码测量设备无关量子密钥分配系统,该协议可以有效提高系统的最大安全通信距离,为实用的量子密钥分配实验提供了重要的理论参数.     

基于双偏振分束器的量子密钥分发系统

提出了利用两个偏振分束器的量子密钥分发系统，有效地解决了相位调制器的偏振依赖性问题. 以1310nm波长在通信距离为25km的光纤中实现了高密钥生成率，干涉对比度99.4%. 有效密钥生成率大于0.6kbit/s, 误码率0.5%. 关键词： 量子密钥分发 偏振分束器 单光子干涉     

基于标记配对相干态和轨道角动量的量子密钥分配

针对标记配对相干态(HPCS)下量子密钥分配协议采用极化编码和相位编码带来基的依赖性问题,研究了基于HPCS和轨道角动量(OAM)的非对称信道测量设备无关的量子密钥分配协议。分析了该协议在不同距离比率下的平均光子数、误码率、密钥生成率与信道传输损耗的关系。在HPCS和OAM下,对比了对称信道和非对称信道测量设备无关的量子密钥协议的性能优劣。仿真结果表明:采用HPCS弥补了弱相干光源和标记单光子源的不足,大大减少真空脉冲并增加了单光子脉冲;随着信道传输损耗的增大,密钥生成率和安全传输距离逐渐减小,但非对称信道的性能仍优于对称信道的。     

奇相干光源的测量设备无关量子密钥分配研究

刻画了奇相干光源的光子数分布特征,研究了奇相干光源下诱骗态测量设备无关量子密钥分配系统的密钥生成率与安全传输距离的关系,推导了奇相干光源下的计数率下界和误码率上界.仿真结果表明,奇相干光源光子数分布中多光子脉冲的比例低于弱相干光,可以有效提高诱骗态测量设备无关密钥分配系统的最大安全通信距离,为实用的量子密钥分配实验提供了重要的理论参数.     

长距离长期稳定的量子密钥分发系统

介绍了最近完成的长距离长期稳定的量子密钥分发系统.该系统利用往返光路补偿光纤偏振 抖动和相位漂移的原理,采用结电容平衡魔T网络耦合的单光子探测技术,在506km单模 光纤中实现了长时间（大于12h）稳定的量子密钥分发实验.单脉冲平均光子数为007, 误码率为4%,其中单光子探测器的探测效率大于5%,单脉冲暗计数低于29×10^{-6. 关键词： 量子保密通信 量子密钥分发 单光子探测}     

基于混合编码的测量设备无关量子密钥分发的简单协议

测量设备无关量子密钥分发协议移除了所有测量设备的漏洞,极大地提高了量子密钥分发系统的实际安全性,然而,该协议的安全密钥率相比于其他量子密钥分发协议来说仍然是较低的.目前,利用高维编码来提升量子密钥分发协议的性能已经在理论和实验上都得到证明,最近有人提出了基于高维编码的测量设备无关量子密钥分发协议,但是由于所提出的协议对实验设备性能有更高的要求,所以在实际应用上仍然存在许多困难.本文提出一种基于偏振和相位两种自由度的混合编码测量设备无关量子密钥分发协议,并且利用四强度诱骗态方法分析该协议在实际条件下的安全性,最后数值仿真结果表明,该协议在实际条件下40 km和50 km处的最优安全码率相比于原MDI-QKD协议分别提升了52.83%和50.55%.而且,相比于其他基于高维编码的测量设备无关量子密钥分发协议来说,本文提出的协议只要求本地用户拥有相位编码装置和偏振编码装置,探测端也只需要四台单光子探测器,这些装置都可以利用现有的实验条件实现,说明该协议的实用价值也很高.     

长程光纤传输的时间抖动对相位编码量子密钥分发系统的影响

测量了光脉冲在不同传输距离和不同外界环境影响下基于差分相位编码和双不等臂M-Z相位编码系统的时间抖动,并根据时间抖动的分布情况建立了相位编码量子密钥分发系统中误码率和时间抖动关系的物理模型,给出了单光子脉冲一般波形函数和误码率之间的关系式,根据这个关系式可以得出确定波形单光子脉冲在确定时间抖动分布情况下系统误码率的结果. 关键词： 量子密钥分发 相位编码 时间抖动 误码率     

高稳定的差分相位编码量子密钥分发系统

在差分法基础上提出了一种改进的差分相位编码量子密钥分发(QKD)方案.Alice采用脉冲激光光源,通过两个串联光纤延迟环产生四个均匀的相干脉冲，并对脉冲进行差分调制，补偿了传输过程中环境对偏振的扰动.Bob采用双FM干涉仪,在窄脉冲门控模式下进行单光子探测.单程传输避免了木马攻击，增强了方案的安全性.实验结果表明，系统可以长期稳定运转(大于24h)，误码率为3％.改进的系统具有高效、稳定、低成本的优点，实施方便，有很好的实用价值. 关键词： 量子保密通信 量子密钥分发 差分相位编码     

基于相干叠加态的非正交编码诱骗态量子密钥分发

非正交编码协议和诱骗态方法可以有效地抵御光子数分离攻击. 由于相干叠加态中单光子成分高达90%, 常作为单光子量子比特的替代出现, 用于量子信息过程处理和计算. 本文结合非正交编码协议和诱骗态方法提出一种新的量子密钥分发方案, 光源采用相干叠加态, 推导了单光子的密钥生成速率、计数率下限和误码率的上限, 利用Matlab 模拟了无限多诱骗态情况下和有限多诱骗态情况下密钥生成速率和传输距离的关系, 得出该方案可以提升密钥生成速率并且提高安全传输距离, 验证了该方案可以进一步提高量子密钥分发系统的性能.     

Attacking Quantum key distribution with GHZ state

A modified attack scheme base on GHZ state is proposed. The relationships among QBER, ratio of qubits which eavesdropped by Eve(eavesdropper) and average photon number in signal state were analysed. The simulation shows that when Eve attacks all of the multi-photons state pulses and the 43% of single-photon state pulses he can get about 46% original qubits which shared between Alice (sender) and Bob (receiver). And the average photon number of the signal state affect the QBER and the leaked information non-linearly.     

一种稳定的自由空间量子密钥分配实验系统

基于量子密钥分配的基本原理,采用B92方案,以单光子作为信息载体,使用极化编码,搭建了一个简单易行的实验装置,实现了自由空间传输的量子密钥分配,平均每脉冲光子数为0．1,粗码率12．7kbits／s,误码率4％左右。     

Fluctuations of Internal Transmittance in Security of Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with an Untrusted Source

Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution(MDI-QKD) is immune to detector side channel attacks, which is a crucial security loophole problem in traditional QKD. In order to relax a key assumption that the sources are trusted in MDI-QKD, an MDI-QKD protocol with an untrusted source has been proposed. For the security of MDI-QKD with an untrusted source, imperfections in the practical experiment should also be taken into account. In this paper, we analyze the effects of fluctuations of internal transmittance on the security of a decoy-state MDI-QKD protocol with an untrusted source. Our numerical results show that both the secret key rate and the maximum secure transmission distance decrease when taken fluctuations of internal transmittance into consideration. Especially, they are more sensitive when Charlie's mean photon number per pulse is smaller. Our results emphasize that the stability of correlative optical devices is important for practical implementations.     

Free-space measurement-device-independent quantum-key-distribution protocol using decoy states with orbital angular momentum

In this paper, we propose a measurement-device-independent quantum-key-distribution(MDI-QKD) protocol using orbital angular momentum(OAM) in free space links, named the OAM-MDI-QKD protocol. In the proposed protocol,the OAM states of photons, instead of polarization states, are used as the information carriers to avoid the reference frame alignment, the decoy-state is adopted to overcome the security loophole caused by the weak coherent pulse source, and the high efficient OAM-sorter is adopted as the measurement tool for Charlie to obtain the output OAM state. Here, Charlie may be an untrusted third party. The results show that the authorized users, Alice and Bob, could distill a secret key with Charlie's successful measurements, and the key generation performance is slightly better than that of the polarization-based MDI-QKD protocol in the two-dimensional OAM cases. Simultaneously, Alice and Bob can reduce the number of flipping the bits in the secure key distillation. It is indicated that a higher key generation rate performance could be obtained by a high dimensional OAM-MDI-QKD protocol because of the unlimited degree of freedom on OAM states. Moreover,the results show that the key generation rate and the transmission distance will decrease as the growth of the strength of atmospheric turbulence(AT) and the link attenuation. In addition, the decoy states used in the proposed protocol can get a considerable good performance without the need for an ideal source.     

Arbitrated quantum signature scheme with continuous-variable squeezed vacuum states

We propose an arbitrated quantum signature(AQS) scheme with continuous variable(CV) squeezed vacuum states,which requires three parties, i.e., the signer Alice, the verifier Bob and the arbitrator Charlie trusted by Alice and Bob, and three phases consisting of the initial phase, the signature phase and the verification phase. We evaluate and compare the original state and the teleported state by using the fidelity and the beam splitter(BS) strategy. The security is ensured by the CV-based quantum key distribution(CV-QKD) and quantum teleportation of squeezed states. Security analyses show that the generated signature can be neither disavowed by the signer and the receiver nor counterfeited by anyone with the shared keys. Furthermore, the scheme can also detect other manners of potential attack although they may be successful.Also, the integrality and authenticity of the transmitted messages can be guaranteed. Compared to the signature scheme of CV-based coherent states, our scheme has better encoding efficiency and performance. It is a potential high-speed quantum signature scheme with high repetition rate and detection efficiency which can be achieved by using the standard off-the-shelf components when compared to the discrete-variable(DV) quantum signature scheme.     

基于两种光源的诱发态量子密钥分配性能分析

单光子的衰减特性及其易受干扰的缺点限制了纯单光子量子系统的传输码率及距离.弱相干光脉冲(WCP)光源和准单光子源(HSPS)则具有更高的实用价值.本文将这两种光源和诱发态方案相结合并采用Lütkenhaus和Gottesman-Lo- Lütkenhaus-Preskill (GLLP)两种数据后处理方法进行性能分析.仿真结果表明:HSPS在传输距离上要优于WCP,对应相同传输距离时系统量子误码率(QBER)要小些,但相对密钥生成率低. 关键词： 量子密钥分配 诱发态 WCP光源 HSPS光源     

Spin-orbit hybrid entanglement quantum key distribution scheme

We propose a novel quantum key distribution scheme by using the SAM-OAM hybrid entangled state as the physical resource.To obtain this state,the polarization entangled photon pairs are created by the spontaneous parametric down conversion process,and then,the q-plate acts as a SAM-to-OAM transverter to transform the polarization entangled pairs into the hybrid entangled pattern,which opens the possibility to exploit the features of the higher-dimensional space of OAM state to encode information.In the manipulation and encoding process,Alice performs the SAM measurement by modulating the polarization stateπ lθx on one photon,whereas Bob modulates the OAM sector state lx' on the other photon to encode his key elements using the designed holograms which is implemented by the computer-controlled SLM.With coincidence measurement,Alice could extract the key information.It is showed that N-based keys can be encoded with each pair of entangled photon,and this scheme is robust against Eve’s individual attack.Also,the MUBs are not used.Alice and Bob do not need the classical communication for the key recovery.     

Quantum interference between heralded single photon state and coherent state

Balanced homodyne detection has been introduced as a reliable technique of reconstructing the quantum state of a single photon Fock state, which is based on coupling the single photon state and a strong coherent local oscillator in a beam splitter and detecting the field quadrature at the output ports separately. The main challenge associated with a tomographic characterization of the single photon state is mode matching between the single photon state and the local oscillator. Utilizing the heralded single photon generated by the spontaneous parametric process, the multi-mode theoretical model of quantum interference between the single photon state and the coherent state in the fiber beam splitter is established.Moreover, the analytical expressions of the temporal-mode matching coefficient and interference visibility and relationship between the two parameters are shown. In the experimental scheme, the interference visibility under various temporalmode matching coefficients is demonstrated, which is almost accordant with the theoretical value. Our work explores the principle of temporal-mode matching between the single photon state and the coherent photon state, originated from a local oscillator, and could provide guidance for designing the high-performance balanced homodyne detection system.