A three-state protocol for the SARG04 decoy-state quantum key distribution(QKD)based on an unstable source is presented. The lower bound to the secure key generation rate is derived without using the basic hypothesis ...A three-state protocol for the SARG04 decoy-state quantum key distribution(QKD)based on an unstable source is presented. The lower bound to the secure key generation rate is derived without using the basic hypothesis of the original decoy-state idea.The three-state SARG04 decoy-state protocol with an unstable parametric down-conversion source is considered in the simulation.The simulation results show that the protocol in this paper with an unstable source gives a key generation rate that is close to that with a stable source,and only slight advantage appears by using a stable source when the transmission distance is long.So the SARG04 decoy-state protocol with an unstable source still can obtain the unconditional security with a slightly shortened final key.展开更多
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2009AAJ128)
文摘A three-state protocol for the SARG04 decoy-state quantum key distribution(QKD)based on an unstable source is presented. The lower bound to the secure key generation rate is derived without using the basic hypothesis of the original decoy-state idea.The three-state SARG04 decoy-state protocol with an unstable parametric down-conversion source is considered in the simulation.The simulation results show that the protocol in this paper with an unstable source gives a key generation rate that is close to that with a stable source,and only slight advantage appears by using a stable source when the transmission distance is long.So the SARG04 decoy-state protocol with an unstable source still can obtain the unconditional security with a slightly shortened final key.
