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Decoy-state measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with mismatched-basis statistics

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Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) is aimed at removing all detector side channel attacks, while its security relies on the assumption that the encoding systems including sources are fully characterized by the two legitimate parties. By exploiting the mismatched-basis statistics in the security analysis, MDI-QKD even with uncharacterized qubits can generate secret keys. In this paper, considering the finite size effect, we study the decoy-state MDI-QKD protocol with mismatched-basis events statistics by performing full parameter optimization, and the simulation result shows that this scheme is very practical.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    ChunMei Zhang, Mo Li, ZhenQiang Yin, HongWei Li, Wei Chen & ZhengFu Han

  2. Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    ChunMei Zhang, Mo Li, ZhenQiang Yin, HongWei Li, Wei Chen & ZhengFu Han

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Zhang, C., Li, M., Yin, Z. et al. Decoy-state measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with mismatched-basis statistics. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 58, 590301 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-015-5687-2

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