Security of "Counterfactual Quantum Cryptography"

Details Security of "Counterfactual Quantum Cryptography" Security of "Counterfactual Quantum Cryptography"

2010-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/1007.3066v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.82.042335

Recently, a "counterfactual" quantum key distribution scheme was proposed by Tae-Gon Noh [1]. In this scheme, two legitimate distant peers may share secret keys even when the information carriers are not traveled in the quantum channel. We find that this protocol is equivalent to an entanglement distillation protocol (EDP). According to this equivalence, a strict security proof and the asymptotic key bit rate are both obtained when perfect single photon source is applied and Trojan-horse attack can be detected. We also find that the security of this scheme is deeply related with not only the bit error rate but also the yields of photons. And our security proof may shed light on security of other two-way protocols.

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