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Device Calibration Impacts Security of Quantum Key Distribution
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Characterizing the physical channel and calibrating the cryptosystem hardware are prerequisites for establishing a quantum channel for quantum key distribution (QKD). Moreover, an inappropriately implemented calibration routine can open a fatal security loophole. We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method to induce a large temporal detector efficiency mismatch in a commercial QKD system by deceiving a channel length calibration routine. We then devise an optimal and realistic strategy using faked states to break the security of the cryptosystem. A fix for this loophole is also suggested.
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- Authors
- Jain, N., Wittmann, C., Lydersen, L., Wiechers, C., Elser, D., Marquardt, C., Makarov, V., & Leuchs, G.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2011-09-09
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 110501-110501
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2036792402
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 14.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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