Finite-key security against coherent attacks in quantum key distribution

Details Finite-key security against coherent attacks in quantum key distribution Finite-key security against coherent attacks in quantum key distribution

2010-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/1008.2596v1

New J. Phys. 12 (2010) 123019

Physics

Quantum Physics

9 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123019

The work by Christandl, K\"onig and Renner [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 020504 (2009)] provides in particular the possibility of studying unconditional security in the finite-key regime for all discrete-variable protocols. We spell out this bound from their general formalism. Then we apply it to the study of a recently proposed protocol [Laing et al., Phys. Rev. A 82, 012304 (2010)]. This protocol is meaningful when the alignment of Alice's and Bob's reference frames is not monitored and may vary with time. In this scenario, the notion of asymptotic key rate has hardly any operational meaning, because if one waits too long time, the average correlations are smeared out and no security can be inferred. Therefore, finite-key analysis is necessary to find the maximal achievable secret key rate and the corresponding optimal number of signals.

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