## Quantum key distribution with phase-encoded coherent states: Asymptotic security analysis in thermal-loss channels

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Journal Phys. Rev. A Accepted/In press - 4 Jul 2018 Published (current) - 31 Jul 2018 98 8 1-8 English

### Abstract

We consider discrete-alphabet encoding schemes for coherent-state quantum key distribution. The sender encodes the letters of a finite-size alphabet into coherent states whose amplitudes are symmetrically distributed on a circle centered in the origin of the phase space. We study the asymptotic performance of this phase-encoded coherent-state protocol in direct and reverse reconciliation assuming both loss and thermal noise in the communication channel. In particular, we show that using just four phase-shifted coherent states is sufficient for generating secret key rates of the order of $4 \times 10^{-3}$ bits per channel use at about 15 dB loss in the presence of realistic excess noise.

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### Research areas

• quant-ph, physics.optics

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