Efficient quantum key distribution scheme with pre-announcing the basis

Jingliang Gao, Changhua Zhu, Heling Xiao

Published 2014-10-21Version 1

We devise a new quantum key distribution scheme that is more efficient than the BB84 protocol. By pre-announcing basis, Alice and Bob are more likely to use the same basis to prepare and measure the qubits, thus achieves a higher efficiency. The error analysis is revised and its security against any eavesdropping is proven briefly. Furthermore we show that, compared with the LCA scheme, our modification can be applied in more quantum channels.