January 19, 2025

QKD based on subcarrier wave protocol

ITMO University researchers have developed a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system with coherent detection based on subcarrier wave quantum key distribution protocol. This is a continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol using multimode coherent states generated […]

QKD quantum secure communication over 1000 km

Chinese researchers have reported the exchange of a secret key for encrypting and decrypting messages over a distance of 1,120 kilometers. Previous work has demonstrated Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) along up to 404 kilometers of coiled optical […]

Adding noise for ultimate privacy protection in QKD

A team of physicists of the University of Basel and ETH Zurich have developed the theoretical foundations for a QKD communication protocol that offers ultimate privacy protection and can be implemented experimentally. This protocol guarantees […]

Long-distance free-space MDI-QKD communication

Satellite QKD-based secure communications is a hot topic as we wrote in a previous article. China has definitely a leadership in this domain and shows new progress and expertise. Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution (MDI-QKD), based […]

Guessing probability in Quantum Key Distribution

The first Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocol has been proposed by Bennett and Brassard in 1984. Since then, the security of QKD has always been the central issue in the quantum cryptographic field. Trace distance […]