@inproceedings{619f907771774759b924f11f5e879f31,
title = "Efficient quantum key distribution based on Pulse-position modulation",
abstract = "Pulse-position modulation (PPM) is a promising technique that can be used to improve the efficiency of quantum key distribution (QKD) based on a Poisson photon source. In this paper, we first investigate a simple entanglement-and-PPM-based QKD protocol and demonstrate the improvement in secret key rate. However, such a PPM-based QKD protocol that utilizes only frames with a single click is still inefficient because it ignores frames with two and more clicks. For this reason we propose to use such multi-click frames to further improve the efficiency of PPM-based QKD by employing a better sifting strategy. Specifically, we focus on using the frames with two clicks in addition to those with a single click. Finally, we analyze the secret key rate under various noise levels in the scenario of high channel loss, which has been faced by most QKD applications. With the analytical results, we show the advantage of the proposed PPM-based QKD.",
keywords = "Pulse-position modulation, Quantum key distribution, Secret key rate",
author = "Yequn Zhang and Djordjevic, {Ivan B.} and Neifeld, {Mark A.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 SPIE.; Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence II; and Quantum-Physics-Based Information Security III ; Conference date: 22-09-2014 Through 23-09-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2067135",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Lewis, {Keith L.} and Gruneisen, {Mark T.} and Rarity, {John G.} and Hollins, {Richard C.} and Miloslav Dusek and Merlet, {Thomas J.} and Alexander Toet",
booktitle = "Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence II; and Quantum-Physics-Based Information Security III",
}