An authentication scheme with high throughput based on FPGA for a practical QKD system

被引:4
作者
Cui, Ke [1 ]
Wang, Jian [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Zhang, Hong-fei [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Lin, Sheng-zhao [2 ]
Yang, Dong-xu [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Chen, Teng-yun [3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Univ Sci & Technol, Adv Launching Coinnovat Ctr, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Modern Phys, State Key Lab Technol Particle Detect & Elect, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei Natl Lab Phys Sci Microscale, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
[4] Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Modern Phys, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Sci & Technol China, Synerget Innovat Ctr Quantum Informat & Quantum P, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China
来源
OPTIK | 2015年 / 126卷 / 23期
关键词
Quantum key distribution; Authentication; Field programmable gate array;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.08.105
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a newly developed technique to assign physically and absolutely secure bits between two communication sides. This makes the one-time-pad encryption possible and thus provides theoretical security for cryptology. The authentication is an indispensable process in the QKD. A high speed QKD system requires an expeditious realization of authentication. We develop an authentication computation core based on field programmable gate array (FPGA) which can reach the throughput of 4.8 Gbps and 1.6 Gbps. A detailed protocol to guarantee the functionality of the authentication computation core is also proposed. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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页码:4747 / 4750
页数:4
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