Practical quantum key distribution that is secure against side channels

Á Navarrete, M Pereira, M Curty, K Tamaki - Physical Review Applied, 2021 - APS
There is a large gap between theory and practice in quantum key distribution (QKD)
because real devices do not satisfy the assumptions required by the security proofs. Here …

Quantum key distribution with setting-choice-independently correlated light sources

A Mizutani, G Kato, K Azuma, M Curty, R Ikuta… - npj Quantum …, 2019 - nature.com
Despite the enormous theoretical and experimental progress made so far in quantum key
distribution (QKD), the security of most existing practical QKD systems is not rigorously …

Security of quantum key distribution with light sources that are not independently and identically distributed

Y Nagamatsu, A Mizutani, R Ikuta, T Yamamoto… - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
Although quantum key distribution (QKD) is theoretically secure, there is a gap between the
theory and practice. In fact, real-life QKD may not be secure because component devices in …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum key distribution with flawed and leaky sources

M Pereira, M Curty, K Tamaki - npj Quantum Information, 2019 - nature.com
In theory, quantum key distribution (QKD) allows secure communications between two
parties based on physical laws. However, most of the security proofs of QKD today make …

A novel quantum key distribution resistant against large‐pulse attacks

K Karabo, C Sekga, C Kissack, M Mafu… - IET Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information‐theoretic security by leveraging the
principles of quantum mechanics. This means the security is independent of all future …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental measurement-device-independent type quantum key distribution with flawed and correlated sources

J Gu, XY Cao, Y Fu, ZW He, ZJ Yin, HL Yin, ZB Chen - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The security of quantum key distribution (QKD) is severely threatened by discrepancies
between realistic devices and theoretical assumptions. Recently, a significant framework …

Plug-and-play measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

Y Choi, O Kwon, M Woo, K Oh, SW Han, YS Kim… - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) guarantees unconditional communication security based on
the laws of quantum physics. However, practical QKD suffers from a number of quantum …

Quantum key distribution with correlated sources

M Pereira, G Kato, A Mizutani, M Curty, K Tamaki - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
In theory, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information-theoretic security. In practice,
however, it does not due to the discrepancies between the assumptions used in the security …

Laser-seeding attack in quantum key distribution

A Huang, Á Navarrete, SH Sun, P Chaiwongkhot… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) based on the laws of quantum physics allows the secure
distribution of secret keys over an insecure channel. Unfortunately, imperfect …

Quantum key distribution with simply characterized light sources

A Mizutani, T Sasaki, Y Takeuchi, K Tamaki… - npj Quantum …, 2019 - nature.com
To guarantee the security of quantum key distribution (QKD), security proofs of QKD
protocols have assumptions on the devices. Commonly used assumptions are, for example …