W-state Analyzer and Multi-party Measurement-device-independent Quantum Key Distribution

W-state is an important resource for many quantum information processing tasks. In this paper, we for the first time propose a multi-party measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) protocol based on W-state. With linear optics, we design a W-state analyzer in order to disting...

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Main Authors: Zhu, Changhua (Author), Xu, Feihu (Contributor), Pei, Changxing (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2016-01-19T21:23:55Z.
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520 |a W-state is an important resource for many quantum information processing tasks. In this paper, we for the first time propose a multi-party measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) protocol based on W-state. With linear optics, we design a W-state analyzer in order to distinguish the four-qubit W-state. This analyzer constructs the measurement device for four-party MDI-QKD. Moreover, we derived a complete security proof of the four-party MDI-QKD, and performed a numerical simulation to study its performance. The results show that four-party MDI-QKD is feasible over 150 km standard telecom fiber with off-the-shelf single photon detectors. This work takes an important step towards multi-party quantum communication and a quantum network. 
520 |a United States. Office of Naval Research 
520 |a United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
520 |a National Natural Science Foundation (China) (61372076) 
520 |a National Natural Science Foundation (China) (61301171) 
520 |a National 111 Project of China (B08038) 
520 |a China Scholarship Council (201308615037) 
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