Table 2 Parameters values for simulations.

From: Realizing the measure-device-independent quantum-key-distribution with passive heralded-single photon sources

η C

d C

e d

e0

γ

14.5%

3.0 × 10−6

1.5%

0.5

0.2 dB/km

  1. ηC and dC are the detection efficiency and dark count rate at the UTP’s side; ed is the probability that the survived photon hits the wrong detector, which is independent of the transmission distance, and e0 is the error rate of dark count; γ is the channel loss constant.
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