This thesis deals with soft-information based information reconciliation and data sifting for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). A novel composite channel model for QKD is identified, which includes both a hard output quantum channel and a soft output classic channel. The Log-Likelihood Ratios, - also called soft-metrics - derived from the two channels are jointly processed at the receiver, exploiting capacity achieving soft-metric based iteratively decoded block codes. The performance of the proposed mixed-soft-metric algorithms are studied via simulations as a function of the system parameters. The core ideas of the thesis are employing Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding as opposed to two-way communication for information reconciliation in QKD schemes, exploiting all the available information for data processing at the receiver including information available from the quantum channel, since optimized use of this information can lead to significant performance improvement, and providing a security versus secret-key rate trade-off to the end-user within the context of QKD systems.
Soft Processing Techniques for Quantum Key Distribution Applications / DELGADO ALIZO, MARIA TERESA. - (2012). [10.6092/polito/porto/2501669]
Soft Processing Techniques for Quantum Key Distribution Applications
DELGADO ALIZO, MARIA TERESA
2012
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This thesis deals with soft-information based information reconciliation and data sifting for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). A novel composite channel model for QKD is identified, which includes both a hard output quantum channel and a soft output classic channel. The Log-Likelihood Ratios, - also called soft-metrics - derived from the two channels are jointly processed at the receiver, exploiting capacity achieving soft-metric based iteratively decoded block codes. The performance of the proposed mixed-soft-metric algorithms are studied via simulations as a function of the system parameters. The core ideas of the thesis are employing Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding as opposed to two-way communication for information reconciliation in QKD schemes, exploiting all the available information for data processing at the receiver including information available from the quantum channel, since optimized use of this information can lead to significant performance improvement, and providing a security versus secret-key rate trade-off to the end-user within the context of QKD systems.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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