Information-theoretic secure key distribution based on common random-signal induced synchronization in unidirectionally-coupled cascades of semiconductor lasers

Hayato Koizumi; Shinichiro Morikatsu; Hiroki Aida; Takahiro Nozawa; Izumi Kakesu; Atsushi Uchida; Kazuyuki Yoshimura; Jun Muramatsu; Peter Davis

doi:10.1364/OE.21.017869

Information-theoretic secure key distribution based on common random-signal induced synchronization in unidirectionally-coupled cascades of semiconductor lasers

Hayato Koizumi, Shinichiro Morikatsu, Hiroki Aida, Takahiro Nozawa, Izumi Kakesu, Atsushi Uchida, Kazuyuki Yoshimura, Jun Muramatsu, and Peter Davis

Optics Express
Vol. 21,
Issue 15,
pp. 17869-17893
(2013)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.017869

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Hayato Koizumi, Shinichiro Morikatsu, Hiroki Aida, Takahiro Nozawa, Izumi Kakesu, Atsushi Uchida, Kazuyuki Yoshimura, Jun Muramatsu, and Peter Davis, "Information-theoretic secure key distribution based on common random-signal induced synchronization in unidirectionally-coupled cascades of semiconductor lasers," Opt. Express 21, 17869-17893 (2013)

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- Original Manuscript: May 31, 2013
- Revised Manuscript: July 2, 2013
- Manuscript Accepted: July 10, 2013
- Published: July 18, 2013

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Abstract

It has been proposed that a secure key distribution scheme using correlated random bit sequences can be implemented using common random-signal induced synchronization of semiconductor laser systems. In this scheme it is necessary to use laser systems consisting of multiple cascaded lasers to be secure against a powerful eavesdropper. In this paper, we report the results of an experimental study that demonstrate that the common random-signal induced synchronization is possible in cascaded semiconductor laser systems. We also show that the correlated random bit sequences generated in the synchronized cascaded laser systems can be used to create an information-theoretically secure key between two legitimate users.

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[Crossref]
A. Uchida, N. Shibasaki, S. Nogawa, and S. Yoshimori, “Transient characteristics of chaos synchronization in a semiconductor laser subject to optical feedback,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 69(5), 056201 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]
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[Crossref] [PubMed]

2012 (2)

K. Yoshimura, J. Muramatsu, P. Davis, T. Harayama, H. Okumura, S. Morikatsu, H. Aida, and A. Uchida, “Secure key distribution using correlated randomness in lasers driven by common random light,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 108(7), 070602 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Aida, M. Arahata, H. Okumura, H. Koizumi, A. Uchida, K. Yoshimura, J. Muramatsu, and P. Davis, “Experiment on synchronization of semiconductor lasers by common injection of constant-amplitude random-phase light,” Opt. Express 20(11), 11813–11829 (2012).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2011 (1)

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

2010 (4)

A. Argyris, E. Grivas, M. Hamacher, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Chaos-on-a-chip secures data transmission in optical fiber links,” Opt. Express 18(5), 5188–5198 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Argyris, S. Deligiannidis, E. Pikasis, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Implementation of 140 Gb/s true random bit generator based on a chaotic photonic integrated circuit,” Opt. Express 18(18), 18763–18768 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, and P. Davis, “Information theoretic security based on bounded observability,” Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. 5973, 128–139 (2010).
[Crossref]

I. Kanter, M. Butkovski, Y. Peleg, M. Zigzag, Y. Aviad, I. Reidler, M. Rosenbluh, and W. Kinzel, “Synchronization of random bit generators based on coupled chaotic lasers and application to cryptography,” Opt. Express 18(17), 18292–18302 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2009 (2)

D. Bar-Lev and J. Scheuer, “Enhanced key-establishing rates and efficiencies in Fiber Laser Key Distribution systems,” Phys. Lett. A 373(46), 4287–4296 (2009).
[Crossref]

I. Oowada, H. Ariizumi, M. Li, S. Yoshimori, A. Uchida, K. Yoshimura, and P. Davis, “Synchronization by injection of common chaotic signal in semiconductor lasers with optical feedback,” Opt. Express 17(12), 10025–10034 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2008 (3)

A. Zadok, J. Scheuer, J. Sendowski, and A. Yariv, “Secure key generation using an ultra-long fiber laser: transient analysis and experiment,” Opt. Express 16(21), 16680–16690 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. Uchida, K. Amano, M. Inoue, K. Hirano, S. Naito, H. Someya, I. Oowada, T. Kurashige, M. Shiki, S. Yoshimori, K. Yoshimura, and P. Davis, “Fast physical random bit generation with chaotic semiconductor lasers,” Nat. Photonics 2(12), 728–732 (2008).
[Crossref]

A. Argyris, M. Hamacher, K. E. Chlouverakis, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Photonic integrated device for chaos applications in communications,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100(19), 194101 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2007 (3)

K. Yoshimura, I. Valiusaityte, and P. Davis, “Synchronization induced by common colored noise in limit cycle and chaotic systems,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 75(2), 026208 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. Vicente, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer, “Simultaneous bidirectional message transmission in a chaos-based communication scheme,” Opt. Lett. 32(4), 403–405 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Yamamoto, I. Oowada, H. Yip, A. Uchida, S. Yoshimori, K. Yoshimura, J. Muramatsu, S. I. Goto, and P. Davis, “Common-chaotic-signal induced synchronization in semiconductor lasers,” Opt. Express 15(7), 3974–3980 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2006 (4)

E. Klein, N. Gross, E. Kopelowitz, M. Rosenbluh, L. Khaykovich, W. Kinzel, and I. Kanter, “Public-channel cryptography based on mutual chaos pass filters,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 74(4), 046201 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, “Giant Fiber Lasers: A New Paradigm for Secure Key Distribution,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97(14), 140502 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, K. Arai, and P. Davis, “Secret key capacity for optimally correlated sources under sampling attack,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 52(11), 5140–5151 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Muramatsu, “Secret key agreement from correlated source outputs using low density parity check matrices,” IEICE Trans. Fundamentals E89-A(7), 2036–2046 (2006).
[Crossref]

2004 (1)

A. Uchida, N. Shibasaki, S. Nogawa, and S. Yoshimori, “Transient characteristics of chaos synchronization in a semiconductor laser subject to optical feedback,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 69(5), 056201 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2003 (1)

A. Uchida, P. Davis, and S. Itaya, “Generation of information theoretic secure keys using a chaotic semiconductor laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(15), 3213–3215 (2003).
[Crossref]

2002 (3)

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74(1), 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

R. Vicente, T. Pérez, and C. R. Mirasso, “Open- versus closed-loop performance of synchronized chaotic external-cavity semiconductor lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38(9), 1197–1204 (2002).
[Crossref]

T. Heil, J. Mulet, I. Fischer, C. R. Mirasso, M. Peil, P. Colet, and W. Elsäßer, “On/off phase shift keying for chaos-encrypted communication using external-cavity semiconductor lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 38(9), 1162–1170 (2002).
[Crossref]

1993 (1)

U. M. Maurer, “Secret key agreement by public discussion from common information,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 39(3), 733–742 (1993).
[Crossref]

1980 (1)

R. Lang and K. Kobayashi, “External optical feedback effects on semiconductor laser properties,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 16(3), 347–355 (1980).
[Crossref]

1976 (1)

W. Diffie and M. Hellman, “New Directions in cryptography,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 22(6), 644–654 (1976).
[Crossref]

1949 (1)

C. E. Shannon, “Communication theory of secret system,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 28, 656–715 (1949).

Aida, H.

Amano, K.

Arahata, M.

Arai, K.

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, K. Arai, and P. Davis, “Secret key capacity for optimally correlated sources under sampling attack,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 52(11), 5140–5151 (2006).
[Crossref]

Argyris, A.

A. Argyris, E. Grivas, M. Hamacher, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Chaos-on-a-chip secures data transmission in optical fiber links,” Opt. Express 18(5), 5188–5198 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Ariizumi, H.

Aviad, Y.

Bar-Lev, D.

D. Bar-Lev and J. Scheuer, “Enhanced key-establishing rates and efficiencies in Fiber Laser Key Distribution systems,” Phys. Lett. A 373(46), 4287–4296 (2009).
[Crossref]

Bogris, A.

A. Argyris, E. Grivas, M. Hamacher, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Chaos-on-a-chip secures data transmission in optical fiber links,” Opt. Express 18(5), 5188–5198 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Butkovski, M.

Chlouverakis, K. E.

Colet, P.

Davis, P.

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, and P. Davis, “Information theoretic security based on bounded observability,” Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. 5973, 128–139 (2010).
[Crossref]

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, K. Arai, and P. Davis, “Secret key capacity for optimally correlated sources under sampling attack,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 52(11), 5140–5151 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. Uchida, P. Davis, and S. Itaya, “Generation of information theoretic secure keys using a chaotic semiconductor laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(15), 3213–3215 (2003).
[Crossref]

Deligiannidis, S.

Diffie, W.

W. Diffie and M. Hellman, “New Directions in cryptography,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 22(6), 644–654 (1976).
[Crossref]

Elsäßer, W.

Fischer, I.

R. Vicente, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer, “Simultaneous bidirectional message transmission in a chaos-based communication scheme,” Opt. Lett. 32(4), 403–405 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Gisin, N.

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74(1), 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

Goto, S. I.

Grivas, E.

A. Argyris, E. Grivas, M. Hamacher, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Chaos-on-a-chip secures data transmission in optical fiber links,” Opt. Express 18(5), 5188–5198 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Gross, N.

Hamacher, M.

A. Argyris, E. Grivas, M. Hamacher, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Chaos-on-a-chip secures data transmission in optical fiber links,” Opt. Express 18(5), 5188–5198 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Harayama, T.

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

Heil, T.

Hellman, M.

W. Diffie and M. Hellman, “New Directions in cryptography,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 22(6), 644–654 (1976).
[Crossref]

Hirano, K.

Inoue, M.

Itaya, S.

A. Uchida, P. Davis, and S. Itaya, “Generation of information theoretic secure keys using a chaotic semiconductor laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(15), 3213–3215 (2003).
[Crossref]

Kanter, I.

Khaykovich, L.

Kinzel, W.

Klein, E.

Kobayashi, K.

R. Lang and K. Kobayashi, “External optical feedback effects on semiconductor laser properties,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 16(3), 347–355 (1980).
[Crossref]

Koizumi, H.

Kopelowitz, E.

Kurashige, T.

Lang, R.

R. Lang and K. Kobayashi, “External optical feedback effects on semiconductor laser properties,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 16(3), 347–355 (1980).
[Crossref]

Li, M.

Maurer, U. M.

U. M. Maurer, “Secret key agreement by public discussion from common information,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 39(3), 733–742 (1993).
[Crossref]

Mirasso, C. R.

R. Vicente, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer, “Simultaneous bidirectional message transmission in a chaos-based communication scheme,” Opt. Lett. 32(4), 403–405 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Morikatsu, S.

Mulet, J.

Muramatsu, J.

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, and P. Davis, “Information theoretic security based on bounded observability,” Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. 5973, 128–139 (2010).
[Crossref]

J. Muramatsu, “Secret key agreement from correlated source outputs using low density parity check matrices,” IEICE Trans. Fundamentals E89-A(7), 2036–2046 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, K. Arai, and P. Davis, “Secret key capacity for optimally correlated sources under sampling attack,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 52(11), 5140–5151 (2006).
[Crossref]

Naito, S.

Nogawa, S.

Okumura, H.

Oowada, I.

Peil, M.

Peleg, Y.

Pérez, T.

Pikasis, E.

Reidler, I.

Ribordy, G.

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74(1), 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

Rosenbluh, M.

Scheuer, J.

D. Bar-Lev and J. Scheuer, “Enhanced key-establishing rates and efficiencies in Fiber Laser Key Distribution systems,” Phys. Lett. A 373(46), 4287–4296 (2009).
[Crossref]

J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, “Giant Fiber Lasers: A New Paradigm for Secure Key Distribution,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97(14), 140502 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Sendowski, J.

Shannon, C. E.

C. E. Shannon, “Communication theory of secret system,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 28, 656–715 (1949).

Shibasaki, N.

Shiki, M.

Someya, H.

Sunada, S.

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

Syvridis, D.

A. Argyris, E. Grivas, M. Hamacher, A. Bogris, and D. Syvridis, “Chaos-on-a-chip secures data transmission in optical fiber links,” Opt. Express 18(5), 5188–5198 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Tittel, W.

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74(1), 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

Tsuzuki, K.

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

Uchida, A.

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

A. Uchida, P. Davis, and S. Itaya, “Generation of information theoretic secure keys using a chaotic semiconductor laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(15), 3213–3215 (2003).
[Crossref]

Valiusaityte, I.

Vicente, R.

R. Vicente, C. R. Mirasso, and I. Fischer, “Simultaneous bidirectional message transmission in a chaos-based communication scheme,” Opt. Lett. 32(4), 403–405 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Yamamoto, T.

Yariv, A.

J. Scheuer and A. Yariv, “Giant Fiber Lasers: A New Paradigm for Secure Key Distribution,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97(14), 140502 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Yip, H.

Yoshimori, S.

Yoshimura, K.

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, and P. Davis, “Information theoretic security based on bounded observability,” Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. 5973, 128–139 (2010).
[Crossref]

J. Muramatsu, K. Yoshimura, K. Arai, and P. Davis, “Secret key capacity for optimally correlated sources under sampling attack,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 52(11), 5140–5151 (2006).
[Crossref]

Zadok, A.

Zbinden, H.

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74(1), 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

Zigzag, M.

Appl. Phys. Lett. (1)

A. Uchida, P. Davis, and S. Itaya, “Generation of information theoretic secure keys using a chaotic semiconductor laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(15), 3213–3215 (2003).
[Crossref]

Bell Syst. Tech. J. (1)

C. E. Shannon, “Communication theory of secret system,” Bell Syst. Tech. J. 28, 656–715 (1949).

Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers (1)

T. Harayama, S. Sunada, K. Yoshimura, P. Davis, K. Tsuzuki, and A. Uchida, “Fast nondeterministic random-bit generation using on-chip chaos lasers,” Phys. Rev. A 83(3), 031803(R) (2011).

IEEE J. Quantum Electron. (3)

R. Lang and K. Kobayashi, “External optical feedback effects on semiconductor laser properties,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 16(3), 347–355 (1980).
[Crossref]

IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory (3)

U. M. Maurer, “Secret key agreement by public discussion from common information,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 39(3), 733–742 (1993).
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Fig. 1

Configuration of cascaded laser system.

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Fig. 2

Configuration of the cascaded laser system driven by a common random light.

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Fig. 3

Schematic diagram of the secure key distribution scheme based on correlated randomness phenomena. In the example, random switching of the binary (0 or π) phase shift parameter and one bit sampling of the corresponding waveform is repeated eight times. The parameter settings and sampled bits of Alice and Bob match in two of the eight instances.

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Fig. 4

Experimental setup for the synchronization of semiconductor lasers subject to a common constant-amplitude random-phase (CARP) light. Amp, electronic amplifier; ATT, optical attenuator; DSF, dispersion-shifted fiber; EDFA, erbium-doped fiber amplifier; FC, fiber coupler; ISO, optical isolator; M, mirror; PC, polarization controller; PD, photodetector; PM, phase modulator; SL, semiconductor laser; WL Filter, wavelength filter.

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Fig. 5

Experimental results of (a) temporal waveforms and (b) corresponding correlation plots for the outputs of the Response A-1 and B-1 lasers, (c) temporal waveforms and (d) corresponding correlation plots for the outputs of the Response A-2 and B-2 lasers. The feedback phases are matched at each stage.

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Fig. 6

Experimental results of (a) temporal waveforms and (b) corresponding correlation plots for the outputs of the Drive and Response A-2 lasers.

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Fig. 7

Experimental results of correlation plots for the outputs of the Response A-2 and Response B-2 lasers when the feedback phases θ_A,j and θ_B,j are matched at (a) both the first (Response A-1 and B-1) and second (Response A-2 and B-2) stages (i.e., θ_A,1 = θ_B,1 and θ_A,2 = θ_B,2), (b) only the first stage (θ_A,1 = θ_B,1 and θ_A,2 ≠ θ_B,2), (c) only the second stage (θ_A,1 ≠ θ_B,1 and θ_A,2 = θ_B,2), and (d) no stages (θ_A,1 ≠ θ_B,1 and θ_A,2 ≠ θ_B,2).

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Fig. 8

Experimental result of RF spectra for (a) Drive, (b) Response A-1, (c) Response A-2, (d) Response B-1, and (e) Response B-2 lasers. Experimental parameter is the same as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

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Fig. 9

Time evolutions of randomly-selected parameter shifts of the optical feedback phases for the four Response lasers (RZ format) and the corresponding short-term cross-correlation values (the bottom trace) between the Response A-2 and B-2 lasers. The dashed boxes indicate that the phase-shift parameters are matched at each stage (θ_A,1 = θ_B,1 and θ_A,2 = θ_B,2) and high cross-correlation values are obtained.

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Fig. 10

Example of the robust sampling method with two threshold values. (a) Temporal waveforms and (b) corresponding correlation plot. (b) The two bits indicate Alice’s and Bob’s bits. 11 and 00 indicate that the same bit can be shared, whereas 10 and 01 indicate that different bits are generated.

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Fig. 11

(a) Bit generation rate R_gen and (b) bit error rate R_fail as functions of two threshold coefficients C₊ and C_-. (b) Bit error rate is plotted with a logarithmic scale.

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Fig. 12

(a) Final key generation rate R_final as functions of two threshold coefficients, C₊ and C_-. The black line indicates a set of the threshold coefficients by which the probability of the occurrence of 0 for generated bits is within 0.500 ± 0.003. The white dotted circle indicates the maximum value on the black line. (b) Final key generation rate R_final along with the black line shown in (a).

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Fig. 13

The maximum final key generation rate R_final and the final key generation speed as a function of the number of laser units (stages) N when the parameter frequency is 2 MHz. Three types of Eve are assumed. Weak Eve only has one cascaded Response laser system, i.e., M_E = 1. Moderate Eve has half of the total number of cascaded Response laser systems that are required to produce all possible sets of parameter values, i.e., M_E = 2^N⁻¹. Strong Eve has M_E = 2^N - 1 cascaded laser systems, just one less than necessary to make it impossible for key generation to be secure against sampling attack.

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Fig. 14

Final key generation rate R_final as a function of N for a fixed M_E = 2¹⁰ obtained from Eq. (5).

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Table 1 Statistical evaluation on the generated bit stream. The thresholds for the robust sampling are set to C₊ = 0.640 and C_- = 0.495.

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Table 2 Analog cross correlation C_A and mutual information I(A;E) between Alice and Eve when Eve samples the Response signal at stage 2 with parameter values mismatched at stage 1 and/or 2.

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Table 3 Analog cross correlation C_A and mutual information I(A;E) between Alice and Eve when Eve samples the Response signal at stage 1 with parameter values mismatched at stage 1 and/or 2.

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Table 4 Numerical result of statistical evaluation of the analog cross correlation C_A and mutual information I(A;E) between Alice and Eve. Eve samples the Response signal of the stage 1 or 2, when the parameter values are mismatched at the stage 1 and/or 2. The number in () is the stage number of Eve’s sampling.

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Table 5 Experimental values of bit generation rate by robust sampling R_gen and the bit error rate R_fail for the cascaded laser systems with one laser unit (N = 1) and two laser units (N = 2).

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Table A1 Example of C_H and C_L for different N.

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C_{A} = \frac{〈 (I_{x} (t) - {\bar{I}}_{x}) (I_{y} (t) - {\bar{I}}_{y}) 〉}{σ_{x} \cdot σ_{y}}

R_{f i n a l} = \frac{1}{M} [(1 - \frac{M_{E}}{M}) (1 - I_{E}) - h (R_{f a i l})]

I_{t h, u} = m + C_{+} σ

I_{t h, l} = m - C_{-} σ

R_{f i n a l} = R_{g e n} \frac{1}{M} [(1 - \frac{M_{E}}{M}) (1 - I_{E}) - h (R_{f a i l})]

R_{f i n a l} = \frac{1}{M} (1 - \frac{M_{E}}{M})

R_{g e n} = \frac{N_{g e n}}{N_{s a m p l e}}

R_{f a i l} = \frac{N_{d i f f}}{N_{g e n}}

I (X; Y) = \sum_{a = 0}^{1} \sum_{b = 0}^{1} p_{X, Y} (a, b) \log_{2} \frac{p_{X, Y} (a, b)}{p_{X} (a) p_{Y} (b)}

{\dot{E}}_{j} (t) = \frac{1}{2} (1 + i α) G_{N} (N_{j} (t) - N_{th}) E_{j} (t) + \frac{κ_{r, j}}{τ_{in}} E_{j} (t - τ_{j}) \exp [i θ_{j}] + \frac{κ_{inj, j}}{τ_{in}} E_{inj, j},

{\dot{N}}_{j} (t) = J_{j} - \frac{1}{τ_{s}} N_{j} (t) - G_{N} (N_{j} (t) - N_{0}) \cdot {| E_{j} (t) |}^{2},

E_{inj, j} = {\begin{matrix} E_{0} \exp [i (Δ ω_{j} t + ϕ (t))] & for j = 1, \\ E_{j - 1} (t) \exp [i Δ ω_{j} t] & for j \geq 2, \end{matrix}

\dot{ϕ} (t) = - \frac{1}{τ_{m}} ϕ (t) + \sqrt{\frac{2}{τ_{m}}} σ \cdot ξ (t),

C_{H} = \min_{v = v'} C {}_{A}{(v, v')}

C_{L} = \max_{v \neq v'} C_{A} (v, v')

Measures	Symbols	Values
Analog cross correlation	$C_{A}$	0.845
Number of generated bits	$N_{g e n}$	14142
Bit generation rate by robust sampling	$R_{g e n}$	0.446
Bit error rate	$R_{f a i l}$	1.45 × 10⁻²
Probability of occurrence of 0 for Alice	$p_{A} (0)$	0.5006
Probability of occurrence of 0 for Bob	$p_{B} (0)$	0.4979
Mutual information between Alice and Bob	$I (A; B)$	0.8911
Final key generation rate	$R_{f i n a l}$	3.24 × 10⁻²
Final key generation speed	-	64 kb/s

Evaluation	Mismatched only at stage 1	Mismatched only at stage 2	Mismatched at both stage 1 and 2
$C_{A}$	0.166	0.179	0.022
$I (A; E)$	0.0206	0.0208	0.0001

Evaluation	mismatch only at stage 1	mismatch only at stage 2	Mismatch at all stages
$C_{A}$	0.064	0.361	0.064
$I (A; E)$	0.0019	0.0925	0.0026

Evaluation	mismatch only at stage 1	mismatch only at stage 2	mismatch at all stages
$C_{A}$ (1)	0.0896	0.424	0.0912
$C_{A}$ (2)	0.0955	0.186	0.0423
$I (A; E)$ (1)	0.00286	0.0584	0.00292
$I (A; E)$ (2)	0.0134	0.0300	0.00185

Evaluation	N = 1	N = 2
$R_{g e n}$	0.453	0.446
$R_{f a i l}$	1.15 × 10⁻²	1.45 × 10⁻²

Evaluation	N = 2 (κ_t = 0.10,κ_b = 0.30)	N = 4 (κ_t = 0.08,κ_b = 0.32)	N = 6 (κ_t = 0.05,κ_b = 0.35)	N = 8 (κ_t = 0.04,κ_b = 0.36)
C_H	1.000	0.998	1.000	0.985
C_L	0.148	0.268	0.254	0.247

Evaluation	N = 2 (κ_t = 0.10,κ_b = 0.30)	N = 4 (κ_t = 0.08,κ_b = 0.32)	N = 6 (κ_t = 0.05,κ_b = 0.35)	N = 8 (κ_t = 0.04,κ_b = 0.36)
C_H	1.000	0.998	1.000	0.985
C_L	0.148	0.268	0.254	0.247