# Asymmetric twin-field quantum key distribution

@article{Grasselli2019AsymmetricTQ,
title={Asymmetric twin-field quantum key distribution},
author={Federico Grasselli and {\'A}lvaro Navarrete and Marcos Curty},
journal={New Journal of Physics},
year={2019}
}
• Published 11 July 2019
• Physics, Computer Science
• New Journal of Physics
Twin-Field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) is a major candidate to be the new benchmark for far-distance QKD implementations, since its secret key rate can overcome the repeaterless bound by means of a simple interferometric measurement. Many variants of the original protocol have been recently proven to be secure. Here, we focus on the TF-QKD type protocol proposed by Curty et al [preprint arXiv:1807.07667], which can provide a high secret key rate and whose practical feasibility has been… Expand
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