Parameter optimization in satellite-based measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Dong ◽  
Guoqi Huang ◽  
Wei Cui ◽  
Rong-zhen Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Parameter Optimization ◽  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Measurement Device ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Measurement Device Independent

Abstract The satellite-based measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution can promote the realization of quantum communication networks. Under the condition of the limited data set, it is necessary to optimize all parameters. For communication networks, real-time prediction and optimization are also indispensable. With the development of machine learning, cross-combination with machine learning has also become the mainstream of parameter optimization in various disciplines. This paper discusses the asymmetric MDI-QKD based on the satellite in the case of statistical fluctuations and uses the local search algorithm (LSA) to achieve full parameter optimization under the condition of considering the probability of sending the signal. Compared with fixed related parameters, the key rate is increased by an order of magnitude. On this basis, random forest is used to predict the high-precision optimal parameters, thereby eliminating the simulation and iteration required by the search method to meet the real-time optimization of the future QKD network.

scholarly journals Machine Learning-Assisted Measurement Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution on Reference Frame Calibration

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1242
Author(s):  
Sihao Zhang ◽  
Jingyang Liu ◽  
Guigen Zeng ◽  
Chunhui Zhang ◽  
Xingyu Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Reference Frame ◽  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Transmission Efficiency ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Measurement Device ◽  
Measurement Device Independent

In most of the realistic measurement device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) systems, efficient, real-time feedback controls are required to maintain system stability when facing disturbance from either external environment or imperfect internal components. Traditionally, people either use a “scanning-and-transmitting” program or insert an extra device to make a phase reference frame calibration for a stable high-visibility interference, resulting in higher system complexity and lower transmission efficiency. In this work, we build a machine learning-assisted MDI-QKD system, where a machine learning model—the long short-term memory (LSTM) network—is for the first time to apply onto the MDI-QKD system for reference frame calibrations. In this machine learning-assisted MDI-QKD system, one can predict out the phase drift between the two users in advance, and actively perform real-time phase compensations, dramatically increasing the key transmission efficiency. Furthermore, we carry out corresponding experimental demonstration over 100 km and 250 km commercial standard single-mode fibers, verifying the effectiveness of the approach.

scholarly journals Gigahertz measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution using directly modulated lasers

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. I. Woodward ◽  
Y. S. Lo ◽  
M. Pittaluga ◽  
M. Minder ◽  
T. K. Paraïso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Measurement Device ◽  
Direct Laser ◽  
Channel Loss ◽  
Measurement Device Independent

AbstractMeasurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) is a technique for quantum-secured communication that eliminates all detector side-channels, although is currently limited by implementation complexity and low secure key rates. Here, we introduce a simple and compact MDI-QKD system design at gigahertz clock rates with enhanced resilience to laser fluctuations—thus enabling free-running semiconductor laser sources to be employed without spectral or phase feedback. This is achieved using direct laser modulation, carefully exploiting gain-switching and injection-locking laser dynamics to encode phase-modulated time-bin bits. Our design enables secure key rates that improve upon the state of the art by an order of magnitude, up to 8 bps at 54 dB channel loss and 2 kbps in the finite-size regime for 30 dB channel loss. This greatly simplified MDI-QKD system design and proof-of-principle demonstration shows that MDI-QKD is a practical, high-performance solution for future quantum communication networks.

scholarly journals Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with leaky sources

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weilong Wang ◽  
Kiyoshi Tamaki ◽  
Marcos Curty
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Signal Transmission ◽  
Information Leakage ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Measurement Device ◽  
Decoy State ◽  
Unrealistic Assumption ◽  
Measurement Device Independent

AbstractMeasurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) can remove all detection side-channels from quantum communication systems. The security proofs require, however, that certain assumptions on the sources are satisfied. This includes, for instance, the requirement that there is no information leakage from the transmitters of the senders, which unfortunately is very difficult to guarantee in practice. In this paper we relax this unrealistic assumption by presenting a general formalism to prove the security of MDI-QKD with leaky sources. With this formalism, we analyze the finite-key security of two prominent MDI-QKD schemes—a symmetric three-intensity decoy-state MDI-QKD protocol and a four-intensity decoy-state MDI-QKD protocol—and determine their robustness against information leakage from both the intensity modulator and the phase modulator of the transmitters. Our work shows that MDI-QKD is feasible within a reasonable time frame of signal transmission given that the sources are sufficiently isolated. Thus, it provides an essential reference for experimentalists to ensure the security of implementations of MDI-QKD in the presence of information leakage.

scholarly journals Long-Distance Free-Space Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Cao ◽  
Yu-Huai Li ◽  
Kui-Xing Yang ◽  
Yang-Fan Jiang ◽  
Shuang-Lin Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Space ◽  
Quantum Key Distribution ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Measurement Device ◽  
Space Measurement ◽  
Measurement Device Independent
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