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An improved continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) protocol is proposed to improve the performance of CVQKD system under the local oscillator intensity attack by using a suitable noiseless linear amplifier (NLA) at the destination. This method can enhance the efficiency of the CVQKD scheme in terms of the maximum transmission distance, no matter whether the direct or reverse reconciliation is used. Simulation results show that there is a considerable increase in the transmission distance for the NLA-based CVQKD by adjusting the values of the parameters.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61272495, 61379153, 61401519, 61402542 ), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20130162110012), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China (NCET-11-0510).
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Authors Fangli Yang, Ronghua Shi, Ying Guo, Jinjing Shi and Guihua Zeng declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Yang, F., Shi, R., Guo, Y. et al. Continuous-variable quantum key distribution under the local oscillator intensity attack with noiseless linear amplifier. Quantum Inf Process 14, 3041–3056 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-015-1020-2
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