On the information-splitting essence of two types of quantum key distribution protocols

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2006.02.027MaRDI QIDQ2267232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fei Gao, Fen-Zhuo Guo, Fuchen Zhu, Qiaoyan Wen

Publication date 1 March 2010

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511133

zbMATH Keywords

entanglementquantum cryptographyquantum key distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94)

Abstract: With the help of a simple quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme, we discuss the relation between BB84-type protocols and two-step-type ones. It is shown that they have the same essence, i.e., information-splitting. More specifically, the similarity between them includes (1) the carrier state is split into two parts which will be sent one by one; (2) the possible states of each quantum part are indistinguishable; (3) anyone who obtains both parts can recover the initial carrier state and then distinguish it from several possible states. This result is useful for related scheme designing and security analyzing.

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