The quantum key distribution （QKD） allows two parties to share a secret key by typically making use of a one-way quantum channel. Howevery the two-way QKD has its own unique advantages, which means the two-way QKD h...The quantum key distribution （QKD） allows two parties to share a secret key by typically making use of a one-way quantum channel. Howevery the two-way QKD has its own unique advantages, which means the two-way QKD has become a focus recently. To improve the practieM performance of the two-way QKD, we present a security analysis of a two-way QKD protocol based on the decoy method with heralded single-photon sources （HSPSs）. We make use of two approaches to calculate the yield and the quantum bit error rate of single-photon and two-photon pulses. Then we present the secret key generation rate based on the GLLP formula. The numerical simulation shows that the protocol with HSPSs has an advantage in the secure distance compared with weak coherent state sources. In addition, we present the final secret key by considering the statistical fluctuation of the yield generation rate of the LM05 protocol with finite resources and the error rate.展开更多
China has many lakes, marshlands and rivers. Due to their uneven geographical distribution and varied degrees of salinity, their exploitable freshwater resources are limited. In the wake of the highspeed growth of nat...China has many lakes, marshlands and rivers. Due to their uneven geographical distribution and varied degrees of salinity, their exploitable freshwater resources are limited. In the wake of the highspeed growth of national economy in recent years, human infringement upon their natural settings has been increasingly intense, leading to the degeneration of China's lacustrine ecosystems and the degradation of their surrounding environments. Lakes are shrinking and becoming more saline. In arid and semi-arid inland areas, some of them have even disappeared. In addition, lake water pollution and eutrophication in densely populated areas are getting worse, resulting in serious water shortages in some places. Silt deposition in lake basins, water surface shrinkage caused by hectic and irrational reclamation for farmland, the prevalence of flooding and water-logging calamities and ecosystem depletion caused by predatory exploitation of fishery resources, all of these have become restrictive factors in regional sustainable development. The author of this article suggests measures for the protection and sustainable exploitation of limnetic settings in China.展开更多
Quantum coherence,emerging from the"superposition"of quantum states,is widely used in various information processing tasks.Recently,the resource theory of multilevel quantum coherence is attracting substanti...Quantum coherence,emerging from the"superposition"of quantum states,is widely used in various information processing tasks.Recently,the resource theory of multilevel quantum coherence is attracting substantial attention.In this paper,we mainly study the transformations of resource pure states via free operations in the theoretical framework for multilevel coherence.We prove that any two multilevel coherent resource pure states can be interconverted with a nonzero probability via a completely positive and trace non-increasing k-coherence-preserving map.Meanwhile,we present the condition of the interconversions of two multilevel coherent resource pure states under k-coherence-preserving operations.In addition,we obtain that in the resource-theoretic framework of multilevel coherence,no resource state is isolated,that is,given a multilevel coherent pure state|ψ>,there exists another multilevel coherent pure state|Φ>and a k-coherence-preserving operation∧k,such that∧k(|Φ>)=|ψ>.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2013CB338002the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11304397 and 61505261
文摘The quantum key distribution （QKD） allows two parties to share a secret key by typically making use of a one-way quantum channel. Howevery the two-way QKD has its own unique advantages, which means the two-way QKD has become a focus recently. To improve the practieM performance of the two-way QKD, we present a security analysis of a two-way QKD protocol based on the decoy method with heralded single-photon sources （HSPSs）. We make use of two approaches to calculate the yield and the quantum bit error rate of single-photon and two-photon pulses. Then we present the secret key generation rate based on the GLLP formula. The numerical simulation shows that the protocol with HSPSs has an advantage in the secure distance compared with weak coherent state sources. In addition, we present the final secret key by considering the statistical fluctuation of the yield generation rate of the LM05 protocol with finite resources and the error rate.
文摘China has many lakes, marshlands and rivers. Due to their uneven geographical distribution and varied degrees of salinity, their exploitable freshwater resources are limited. In the wake of the highspeed growth of national economy in recent years, human infringement upon their natural settings has been increasingly intense, leading to the degeneration of China's lacustrine ecosystems and the degradation of their surrounding environments. Lakes are shrinking and becoming more saline. In arid and semi-arid inland areas, some of them have even disappeared. In addition, lake water pollution and eutrophication in densely populated areas are getting worse, resulting in serious water shortages in some places. Silt deposition in lake basins, water surface shrinkage caused by hectic and irrational reclamation for farmland, the prevalence of flooding and water-logging calamities and ecosystem depletion caused by predatory exploitation of fishery resources, all of these have become restrictive factors in regional sustainable development. The author of this article suggests measures for the protection and sustainable exploitation of limnetic settings in China.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12071110)the Hebei Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.A2020205014,and A2018205125)the Science and Technology Project of Hebei Education Department(Grant Nos.ZD2020167,and ZD2021066)。
文摘Quantum coherence,emerging from the"superposition"of quantum states,is widely used in various information processing tasks.Recently,the resource theory of multilevel quantum coherence is attracting substantial attention.In this paper,we mainly study the transformations of resource pure states via free operations in the theoretical framework for multilevel coherence.We prove that any two multilevel coherent resource pure states can be interconverted with a nonzero probability via a completely positive and trace non-increasing k-coherence-preserving map.Meanwhile,we present the condition of the interconversions of two multilevel coherent resource pure states under k-coherence-preserving operations.In addition,we obtain that in the resource-theoretic framework of multilevel coherence,no resource state is isolated,that is,given a multilevel coherent pure state|ψ>,there exists another multilevel coherent pure state|Φ>and a k-coherence-preserving operation∧k,such that∧k(|Φ>)=|ψ>.
