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- Title
Boosting Quantum Key Distribution via the End-to-End Loss Control.
- Authors
Kodukhov, Aleksei D.; Pastushenko, Valeria A.; Kirsanov, Nikita S.; Kronberg, Dmitry A.; Pflitsch, Markus; Vinokur, Valerii M.
- Abstract
With the rise of quantum technologies, data security increasingly relies on quantum cryptography and its most notable application, quantum key distribution (QKD). Yet, current technological limitations, in particular, the unavailability of quantum repeaters, cause relatively low key distribution rates in practical QKD implementations. Here, we demonstrate a remarkable improvement in the QKD performance using end-to-end line tomography for the wide class of relevant protocols. Our approach is based on the real-time detection of interventions in the transmission channel, enabling an adaptive response that modifies the QKD setup and post-processing parameters, leading, thereby, to a substantial increase in the key distribution rates. Our findings provide everlastingly secure efficient quantum cryptography deployment potentially overcoming the repeaterless rate-distance limit.
- Subjects
QUANTUM cryptography; LOSS control; OPTICAL time-domain reflectometry; DATA security; RAYLEIGH scattering
- Publication
Cryptography (2410-387X), 2023, Vol 7, Issue 3, p38
- ISSN
2410-387X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cryptography7030038