We report a telecom-band single-photon detector for highspeed quantum key distribution systems. The single-photon detector is based on a sinusoidally gated InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode. The gate repetition frequency of the single-photon detector reached 2 GHz. A quantum efficiency of 10.5 % at 1550 nm was obtained with a dark count probability per gate of 6.1×10−7 and an afterpulsing probabi...

This errata contains the mentioned plots where the revised expressions have been applied, such that the replacement for Figure 2 in [1] is shown in Figure 1, and Figure 4 in [1] is shown in Figure 2. We keep the corresponding (b) panels for comparison. We note that the corrections only reinforce the conclusions of our paper, which are that reverse reconciliation is vulnerable to preparation noi...

The problem of'controlling access to multimedia multicasts requires the distribution and maintenance of keying information. The conventional approach to distributing keys is to use a channel independent of the multimedia content. We propose a second approach that involves the use of an data-dependent channel, and can be achieved for multimedia by using data embedding techniques. Using data embe...

Quantum key distribution (QKD) provides a way for distribution of secure key in at least two parties which they initially share. And there are many protocols for providing a secure key i.e. BB84 protocol, SARG04 protocol, E91 protocol and many more. In this paper all the concerned protocols that share a secret key is explained and comparative study of all protocols shown.

This paper presents a multi-stage, multi-photon quantum key distribution protocol based on the double-lock cryptography. It exploits the asymmetry in the detection strategies between the legitimate users and the eavesdropper. The security analysis of the protocol is presented with coherent states under the interceptresend attack, the photon number splitting attack, and the man-in-the-middle att...

Quantum key distribution(QKD) makes it possible for two remotely separated parties do unconditionally secure communications. In principle, the security is guaranteed by the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics: if any third party watches the key, she must disturbs the quantum bits therefore she has a risk to be detected. However, the security in practice is quite different, since many of ...

In WSNs, since the attacks, such as jamming or eavesdropping without physical access, easily occur, security is one of the important requirements for WSNs. The key pre-distribution scheme, recently being researched for advances of security in WSNs, distributes keys with probability with the use of qcomposite random key pre-distribution method, but there is a high probability that there is no ke...

Key Management is a critical security service in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). It is an essential cryptographic primitive upon which other security primitives are built. The most critical security requirements in WSNs include authentication and confidentiality. These security requirements can be provided by a key management but it is difficult due to the ad hoc nature, intermittent connectiv...

Pairwise key establishment is one of the fundamental security services in sensor networks which enables sensor nodes in a sensor network to communicate securely with each other using cryptographic techniques. It is not feasible to apply traditional public key management techniques in resource-constrained sensor nodes, and also because the sensor nodes are vulnerable to physical capture. In this...

Quantum key distribution(QKD) makes it possible for two remotely separated parties do unconditionally secure communications. In principle, the security is guaranteed by the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics: if any third party watches the key, she must disturbs the quantum bits therefore she has a risk to be detected. However, the security in practice is quite different, since many of ...