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Authenticated Quantum Key Distribution with Collective Detection using Single Photons

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We present two authenticated quantum key distribution (AQKD) protocols by utilizing the idea of collective (eavesdropping) detection. One is a two-party AQKD protocol, the other is a multiparty AQKD protocol with star network topology. In these protocols, the classical channels need not be assumed to be authenticated and the single photons are used as the quantum information carriers. To achieve mutual identity authentication and establish a random key in each of the proposed protocols, only one participant should be capable of preparing and measuring single photons, and the main quantum ability that the rest of the participants should have is just performing certain unitary operations. Security analysis shows that these protocols are free from various kinds of attacks, especially the impersonation attack and the man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

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This work is supported by NSFC (Grant Nos. 61501414, 61309029, 11504024, 61502041).

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  1. Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Wei Huang, Bing-Jie Xu & Yuan-Hang He

  2. International School, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Ji-Tong Duan

  3. College of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Bin Liu

  4. State Key Laboratory of Cryptology, Beijing, 100878, China

    Qi Su

  5. School of Information, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, 100081, China

    Heng-Yue Jia

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Huang, W., Xu, BJ., Duan, JT. et al. Authenticated Quantum Key Distribution with Collective Detection using Single Photons. Int J Theor Phys 55, 4238–4256 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-016-3049-0

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