Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2005-05-09
Phys. Rev. A 74, 022317 (2006)
Physics
Quantum Physics
9.1 pages REVTeX. (v3): published version. (v2): revised for improved presentation; content unchanged
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.022317
Prepare and measure quantum key distribution protocols can be decomposed into two basic steps: delivery of the signals over a quantum channel and distillation of a secret key from the signal and measurement records by classical processing and public communication. Here we formalize the distillation process for a general protocol in a purely quantum-mechanical framework and demonstrate that it can be viewed as creating an ``effective'' quantum channel between the legitimate users Alice and Bob. The process of secret key generation can then be viewed as entanglement distribution using this channel, which enables application of entanglement-based security proofs to essentially any prepare and measure protocol. To ensure secrecy of the key, Alice and Bob must be able to estimate the channel noise from errors in the key, and we further show how symmetries of the distillation process simplify this task. Applying this method, we prove the security of several key distribution protocols based on equiangular spherical codes.
Grassl Markus
Renes Joseph M.
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