Security of differential phase shift QKD from relativistic principles - Martin Sandfuchs | TQC 2023

Martin Sandfuchs
Security of differential phase shift QKD from relativistic principles

The design of quantum protocols for secure key generation poses many challenges: On the one hand, they need to be practical concerning experimental realisations. On the other hand, their theoretical description must be simple enough to allow for a security proof against all possible attacks. Often, these two requirements are in conflict with each other, and the differential phase shift (DPS) QKD protocol exemplifies these difficulties: It is designed to be implementable with current optical telecommunication technology, which, for this protocol, comes at the cost that many standard security proof techniques do not apply to it. After about 20 years since its invention, this work presents the first full security proof of DPS QKD against general attacks, including finite-size effects. The proof combines techniques from quantum information theory, quantum optics, and relativity. We first give a security proof of a QKD protocol whose security stems from relativistic constraints. We then show that security of DPS QKD can be reduced to security of the relativistic protocol. In addition, we show that coherent attacks on the DPS protocol are, in fact, stronger than collective attacks.

July 26, 2023
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TQC 2023 | 24-28 July 2023, University of Aveiro, Portugal

18th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography.

TQC is a leading annual international conference for students and researchers working in the theoretical aspects of quantum information science. The scientific objective is to bring together the theoretical quantum information science community to present and discuss the latest advances in the field.

Organisation:
Squids - Schools for Quantum Information Development
Universidade de Aveiro: Departamento de Matemática, CIDMA & Fábrica

Sponsors:
Phasecraft, UK
Google Quantum AI, USA
QuSoft, The Netherlands
Quantum for Life Centre, Denmark
Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
ML4Q, Germany
Dulwich Quantum