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Decoy-state reference-frame-independent quantum key distribution with the single-photon-added coherent source

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Reference-frame-independent quantum key distribution (RFI-QKD) can generate secure keys even when the reference frames drift slowly. Here, we propose to realize RFI-QKD with the single-photon-added coherent source (SPACS). Simulation results show that compared with the weak coherent state and the heralded single-photon source, SPACS can remarkably improve the key generation rate and transmission distance of RFI-QKD. Moreover, our results show the significance of optimized parameters. When taking statistical fluctuations into consideration, RFI-QKD with SPACS can still achieve very good performance.

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Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China through Grant Nos. 2018YFA0306400, 2017YFA0304100, the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grants Nos. 61475197, 61590932, 11774180, 61705110, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province through Grant No. BK20170902, the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions through Grant Nos. 15KJA120002, 17KJB140016, the Outstanding Youth Project of Jiangsu Province through Grant No. BK20150039, the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province No. KYCX18_0906.

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  1. Institute of Quantum Information and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210003, China

    Jian-Rong Zhu, Cen-Yang Wang, Kang Liu, Chun-Mei Zhang & Qin Wang

  2. Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Network Technology, Key Lab of Ministry of Education, NUPT, Nanjing, 210003, China

    Jian-Rong Zhu, Cen-Yang Wang, Kang Liu, Chun-Mei Zhang & Qin Wang

  3. Telecommunication and Networks, National Engineering Research Center, NUPT, Nanjing, 210003, China

    Jian-Rong Zhu, Cen-Yang Wang, Kang Liu, Chun-Mei Zhang & Qin Wang

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Zhu, JR., Wang, CY., Liu, K. et al. Decoy-state reference-frame-independent quantum key distribution with the single-photon-added coherent source. Quantum Inf Process 17, 294 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-018-2063-y

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