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Study on improvement of polar code-based information reconciliation for continuous-variable quantum key distribution by revealing received soft values Takumi Kamiya, Ryuto Terada (nitech), Hiroyuki Endo (NICT), Eiji Okamoto (nitech), Masahide Sasaki, Mikio Fujiwara (NICT) CS2024-19 |
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Quantum key distribution is attracting attention because it enables secure establishment of random numbers between transmitters and receivers, because attackers' malicious attempts inevitably leave its traces. We have proposed a method of applying a polar code, which is a strong error-correcting code, to continuous-variable quantum key distribution to improve the efficiency of cryptographic key generation. However, the conventional methods use binary log-likelihood values in decoding, and thus there is room for improvement in error-correction performance. In this paper, we propose a soft-valued decoding method in which the received value obtained by homodyne detection is announced to the decoding side through a public communication channel. Numerical results show that the quantum bit error rate that can achieve error-free operation can be improved by 1% to 3% compared to the conventional polar code-based method. |
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continuous-variable quantum key distribution / quantum cryptography / information reconciliation / polar codes / homodyne detection / / / |
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IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 124, no. 100, CS2024-19, pp. 49-54, July 2024. |
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CS2024-19 |
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2024-07-04 (CS) |
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Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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