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This paper proposes a new measure-resend ASQKD protocol. The proposed ASQKD protocol uses only single photons, needs fewer pre-shared keys and even provides better qubit efficiency than the state-of-the-art ASQKD protocols. The security proof shows the robustness of the proposed protocol under the collective attack.
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This research was partially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C. (MOST 107-2627-E-006-001 and 109-2221-E-006-168).
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Chang, CH., Lu, YC. & Hwang, T. Measure-resend authenticated semi-quantum key distribution with single photons. Quantum Inf Process 20, 272 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-021-03090-4
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