A improved group quantum key distribution protocol with multi-party collaboration

Q Yuan, H Yuan, MT Zhou, JJ Wen, JY Li, B Hao - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
The rapid advancement of quantum key distribution technology in recent years has spurred
significant innovation within the field. Nevertheless, a crucial yet frequently underexplored …

Quantum key distribution: a survey on current vulnerability trends and potential implementation risks

A Brazaola-Vicario, A Ruiz, O Lage, E Jacob… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a cryptographic technique that enables secure private key
exchange between geographically distant parties over an insecure channel, protecting …

Entropy bounds for device-independent quantum key distribution with local Bell test

EYZ Tan, R Wolf - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
One of the main challenges in device-independent quantum key distribution (DIQKD) is
achieving the required Bell violation over long distances, as the channel losses result in low …

Quantum Key Distribution with Basis-Dependent Detection Probability

F Grasselli, G Chesi, N Walk, H Kampermann… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a promising technology for secure communication.
Nevertheless, QKD is still treated with caution in certain contexts due to potential gaps …

Post-measurement pairing quantum key distribution with local optical frequency standard

C Ge, L Zhou, J Lin, HL Yin, Q Zeng… - Quantum Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The idea of post-measurement coincidence pairing simplifies substantially long-distance,
repeater-like quantum key distribution (QKD) by eliminating the need for tracking the …

Loss-tolerant quantum key distribution with detection efficiency mismatch

A Marcomini, A Mizutani, F Grünenfelder… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Current implementations of quantum key distribution (QKD) typically rely on prepare-and-
measure (P&M) schemes. Unfortunately, these implementations are not completely secure …

Secure sharing of one-sided quantum randomness using entangled coherent states

A Rostom, L Il'ichov - Quantum Information Processing, 2024 - Springer
In quantum key distribution, secret randomness is extracted quantum-mechanically from two-
sided local random choices of measurement bases. Subsequently, the public …

Security of practical modulator-free quantum key distribution

Á Navarrete, V Zapatero, M Curty - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.15777, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recent advancements in quantum key distribution have led to the development of various
modulator-free transmitters. Among their advantages, these transmitters offer enhanced …

Quantum key distribution with imperfectly isolated devices

X Sixto, Á Navarrete, M Pereira… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Most security proofs of quantum key distribution (QKD) assume that there is no unwanted
information leakage about the state preparation process. However, this assumption is …

A Single Channel Source Verified Quantum Key Distribution Technique for Quantum Communication

BS Rawal - Proceedings of the 2024 Sixteenth International …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Despite the challenges, several researchers from academia, business, and government are
conducting extensive research and development on quantum key distribution (QKD), a …