One-way quantum key distribution: Simple upper bound on the secret key rate

Details One-way quantum key distribution: Simple upper bound on the secret key rate One-way quantum key distribution: Simple upper bound on the secret key rate

2006-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0603270v1

Phys. Rev. A 74, 052301 (2006)

Physics

Quantum Physics

11 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.74.052301

We present a simple method to obtain an upper bound on the achievable secret key rate in quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols that use only unidirectional classical communication during the public-discussion phase. This method is based on a necessary precondition for one-way secret key distillation; the legitimate users need to prove that there exists no quantum state having a symmetric extension that is compatible with the available measurements results. The main advantage of the obtained upper bound is that it can be formulated as a semidefinite program, which can be efficiently solved. We illustrate our results by analysing two well-known qubit-based QKD protocols: the four-state protocol and the six-state protocol. Recent results by Renner et al., Phys. Rev. A 72, 012332 (2005), also show that the given precondition is only necessary but not sufficient for unidirectional secret key distillation.

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