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Authenticated QKD Based on Orthogonal States

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As is known, quantum key distribution (QKD) can theoretically realize information-theoretic security with a reliable identity authentication protocol. However, the most commonly used identity authentication protocol based on public-key cryptography cannot resist the attacks from the adversaries with the ability of quantum computing, so quantum identity authentication (QIA) is one of the alternatives to be considered. By adjusting the length of interference circuit, we propose a QIA protocol based on the communication circuit of GV95 protocol and prove its security in theory. On this basis, an authenticated QKD protocol based on orthogonal-state-encoding is designed by mixing the process of QKD and QIA randomly. Compared with a similar protocol proposed in 2020, our protocol is simpler and requires less quantum communication equipment. Therefore, both the cost and difficulty of implementing our protocol is lower than the previous protocol.

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Funding

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 62171418, U19A2076, 61901425, 61702061), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing, China (Grant Noscstc220jcyj-msxmX0719), National Science Key Lab Fund project(Grant Nos 6142103200105), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. 2020CDJQY-A018, 2020CDJ-LHZZ-056), Sichuan Science and Technology Program (Grant2019JDJQ0060).

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

    Qiaoling Xiong, Hou Fen & Bin Liu

  2. Science and Technology on Communication Security Laboratory, Institute of Southwestern Communication, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Bin Liu, Wei Huang, Bingjie Xu & Yang Li

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All authors contributed to study conception and design. Qiaoling Xiong, Fen Hou and Bin Liu completed the design of QIA and QKD protocols. Bin Liu, Wei Huang, Bingjie Xu and Yang Li completed the security analysis of protocols. And Qiaoling Xiong and Fen Hou co-wrote this paper. All authors read and proved the final manuscript.

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Xiong, Q., Fen, H., Liu, B. et al. Authenticated QKD Based on Orthogonal States. Int J Theor Phys 61, 151 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-022-05140-8

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