Improved nonorthogonal decoy state method in quantum key distribution with a parametric down-conversion source

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2010-05-15
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Withparametricdown-conversionsources(PDCSs),thenonorthogonaldecoystateprotocolbasedononevacuumandtwoweakdecoystatesispresented.ThedetectioneventsonBob'ssidearepidedintotwogroupsdependingonwhetherAlicegetsatriggerornot:triggeredcomponentsandnontriggeredcomponents.Thetriggeredcomponentsareusedtoestimatethefractionsanderrorratesofsingle-photonandtwo-photonpulses,andthenthefinalsecurekeyrateisdeduced.Besides,bothtriggeredandnontriggeredcomponentsareusedtodeduceamoreaccuratevalueofthekeygenerationrate.Thesimulationofthefinalkeygenerationrateovertransmissiondistanceshowsthatthefirstmethodcanobtainakeygenerationrateclosetothetheoreticallimitoftheinfinitedecoystateprotocol,whilethesecondmethodisbetter.