An introduction to practical quantum key distribution

O Amer, V Garg, WO Krawec - IEEE Aerospace and Electronic …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum technology, and especially quantum computing, is advancing rapidly. Our every-
day secure communication infrastructure relies heavily on public key cryptography; …

Practical side-channel attack on free-space QKD systems with misaligned sources and countermeasures

P Arteaga-Díaz, D Cano, V Fernandez - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Practical implementations of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols can introduce
additional degrees of freedom in the quantum states that may render them distinguishable to …

Experimental side channel analysis of BB84 QKD source

A Biswas, A Banerji, P Chandravanshi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A typical implementation of BB84 protocol for quantum communication uses four laser
diodes for transmitting weak coherent pulses, which may not have the same characteristics …

Experimental realization of a reference-frame-independent decoy BB84 quantum key distribution based on Sagnac interferometer

YP Li, W Chen, FX Wang, ZQ Yin, L Zhang, H Liu… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) can generate secure key bits between remote users
employing the features of quantum physics. However, a shared reference frame is …

Experimental filtering effect on the daylight operation of a free-space quantum key distribution

H Ko, KJ Kim, JS Choe, BS Choi, JH Kim, Y Baek… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
One of the challenges of implementing free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) systems
working in daylight is to remove unwanted background noise photons from sunlight …

Extending quantum key distribution through proxy re-encryption

N Lemons, B Gelfand, N Lawrence… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Modern quantum key distribution (QKD) network designs are based on sending photons
from one node to another and require free-space or dedicated fiber optic cables between …

Silica Planar Lightwave Circuit Based Integrated 1 4 Polarization Beam Splitter Module for Free-Space BB84 Quantum Key Distribution

JS Choe, H Ko, BS Choi, KJ Kim… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed an integrated polarization beam splitter (PBS) module with silica planar
lightwave circuit technology for use in BB84 quantum key distribution (QKD). The PBS …

Free‐space quantum key distribution transmitter system using WDM filter for channel integration

M Kim, K Lim, JS Choe, BS Choi, KJ Kim… - ETRI …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we report a transmitter system for free‐space quantum key distribution (QKD)
using the BB84 protocol, which does not require an internal alignment process, by using a …

High-speed and high-performance polarization-based quantum key distribution system without side channel effects caused by multiple lasers

H Ko, BS Choi, JS Choe, KJ Kim, JH Kim… - Photonics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Side channel effects such as temporal disparity and intensity fluctuation of the photon pulses
caused by random bit generation with multiple laser diodes in high-speed polarization …

Countermeasure for security loophole caused by asymmetric correlations of reference frame independent quantum key distribution with fewer quantum states

K Lim, BS Choi, JH Baek, M Kim, JS Choe, KJ Kim… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
One of the challenging issues in free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) is the
requirement of active compensation of the reference frame between the transmitter and …