Memory-Saving Implementation of High-Speed Privacy Amplification Algorithm for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

Bibliographic Details
Title: Memory-Saving Implementation of High-Speed Privacy Amplification Algorithm for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution
Authors: Dengwen Li, Peng Huang, Yingming Zhou, Yuan Li, Guihua Zeng
Source: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 1-12 (2018)
Publisher Information: IEEE, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: LCC:Applied optics. Photonics
LCC:Optics. Light
Subject Terms: Privacy amplification, linear feedback shift register, Toeplitz matrix, quantum key distribution., Applied optics. Photonics, TA1501-1820, Optics. Light, QC350-467
More Details: Privacy amplification is an indispensable procedure to share secure secret key between legitimate parties in quantum key distribution (QKD) because a portion of bits are still leaked to eavesdropper Eve after the secret reconciliation. Here, we propose a novel privacy amplification scheme with an optimal hash function. In particular, by utilizing the linear feedback shift register (LFSR) technique, we optimize and simplify the construction of the Toeplitz matrix. In this way, the LFSR-based Toeplitz matrix is used to execute the privacy amplification algorithm. The hardware storage resources can then be drastically saved, and the time consuming will be only about half of that without using the LFSR-based Toeplitz matrix. This work breaks the bottleneck of privacy amplification in high-speed continuous-variable QKD (CVQKD), and thus contributes to the real-time performance of the whole CVQKD system.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1943-0655
Relation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8435961/; https://doaj.org/toc/1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2865486
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3074ce6f322e481bacc680efe8b89cda
Accession Number: edsdoj.3074ce6f322e481bacc680efe8b89cda
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
More Details
ISSN:19430655
DOI:10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2865486
Published in:IEEE Photonics Journal
Language:English