The state preparation operation of continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (CV-MDI-QKD) protocol may become imperfect in practical applications. We address the security of the CV-MDI-QKD protocol based on imperfect preparation of the coherent state under realistic conditions of lossy and noisy quantum channel. Specifically, we assume that the imperfection of Alice's and Bob's practical state preparations equal to the amplification of ideal modulators and lasers at both Alice's and Bob's sides by untrusted third-parties Fred and Gray employing phase-insensitive amplifiers (PIAs), respectively. The equivalent excess noise introduced by the imperfect state preparation is comprehensively and quantitatively calculated by adopting the gains of PIAs. Security analysis shows that CV-MDI-QKD is quite sensitive to the imperfection of practical state preparation, which inevitably deteriorates the performance and security of CV-MDI-QKD system. Moreover, a lower bound of the secret key rate is derived under arbitrary collective attacks, and the upper threshold of this imperfection tolerated by the system is obtained in the form of the specific gains of PIAs. In addition, the methods presented will improve and perfect the practical security of CV-MDI-QKD protocol. 相似文献
Gaussian modulation is one of the key steps for the implementation of continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) schemes. However, imperfection in the Gaussian modulation may introduce modulation noise that can deteriorate the performance of CVQKD systems. In this paper, we mainly investigate how to improve the performance of a CVQKD system from different aspects. First, we explore the several different origins, impacts and monitoring schemes for the modulation noise in detail. Then, we discuss the practical performance of a CVQKD system with an untrusted noise model and neutral party model, respectively. These analyses indicate that the neutral party model should be reasonably regarded as a general noise model, which will passively and greatly raise the performance of the system. Further, we propose a dynamic auto-bias control scheme to actively resist the modulation noise which comes from the drift of bias point of the amplitude modulator. Together these methods contribute to the improvement of the practical performance of CVQKD systems with imperfect Gaussian modulation.
The terahertz (THz) spectrum absorptions of nematic liquid crystal
(LC) material, i.e. N-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-p-butylaniline (MBBA),
and its relevant compounds are simulated in this paper by using the
density functional theory (DFT) method. A strong absorptive
frequency is located at 3.65 THz for the MBBA, which is in
agreement with experimental data found in the literature. The result
suggests that the DFT method is effective for dealing with the
anisotropic nematic LC compounds. 相似文献
Faithful long-distance quantum teleportation necessitates prior
entanglement distribution between two communicated locations. The
particle carrying on the unknown quantum information is then
combined with one particle of the entangled states for Bell-state
measurements, which leads to a transfer of the original quantum
information onto the other particle of the entangled states. However
in most of the implemented teleportation experiments nowadays, the
Bell-state measurements are performed even before successful
distribution of entanglement. This leads to an instant collapse of
the quantum state for the transmitted particle, which is actually a
single-particle transmission thereafter. Thus the true distance for
quantum teleportation is, in fact, only in a level of meters. In the
present experiment we design a novel scheme which has overcome this
limit by utilizing fiber as quantum memory. A complete quantum
teleportation is achieved upon successful entanglement distribution
over 967 meters in public free space. Active feed-forward control
techniques are developed for real-time transfer of quantum
information. The overall experimental fidelities for teleported
states are better than 89.6%, which signify high-quality
teleportation. 相似文献