TITLE:
Practical Security of the Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Locally-Generated Local Oscillators
AUTHORS:
Biao Huang, Yongjun Zhu, Pu Tang, Yongmei Huang, Zhenming Peng
KEYWORDS:
Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution, Local Oscillator, Reference Pulse, Practical Security, Phase Attack
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.7 No.11,
November
13,
2019
ABSTRACT: Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) with the local local oscillator (LLO) is confronted with new security problems due to the reference pulses transmitted together with quantum signals over the insecure quantum channel. In this paper, we propose a method of phase attack on reference pulses of the LLO-CVQKD with time-multiplexing. Under this phase attack, the phase drifts of reference pulses are manipulated by eavesdroppers, and then the phase compensation error is increased. Consequently, the secret key rate is reduced due to the imperfect phase compensation for quantum signals. Based on the noise model of imperfect phase compensation, the practical security of LLO-CVQKD under phase attack is analyzed. The simulation results show that the practical security is reduced due to the phase attack, yet it is still tight when system parameters are estimated by training signals.