Abstract
We present a rigorous security analysis of continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (CVMDI QKD) in a finite-size scenario. The security proof is obtained in two steps: by first assessing the security against collective Gaussian attacks, and then extending to the most general class of coherent attacks via the Gaussian de Finetti reduction. Our result combines recent state-of-the-art security proofs for CVQKD with findings about min-entropy calculus and parameter estimation. In doing so, we improve the finite-size estimate of the secret key rate. Our conclusions confirm that CV MDI protocols allow for high rates on the metropolitan scale, and may achieve a nonzero secret key rate against the most general class of coherent attacks after 10^7–10^9 quantum signal transmissions, depending on loss and noise, and on the required level of security.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 052327 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 29 May 2018 |
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