Optimal axis compensation in quantum key distribution protocols over unital channels

DOI10.1016/J.TCS.2014.09.020zbMATH Open1315.94107arXiv0904.4083OpenAlexW2963920734WikidataQ57735048 ScholiaQ57735048MaRDI QIDQ477176FDOQ477176

Authors: Shun Watanabe, Ryutaroh Matsumoto, Tomohiko Uyematsu 

Publication date: 2 December 2014

Published in: Theoretical Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The axis compensation is a procedure in which the sender and the receiver compensate the axes of their transmitter and detector so that the bit sequence can be transmitted more reliably. We show the optimal axis compensations maximizing the key generation rate for unital channels. We consider the case in which only Bob is allowed to compensate his axis, and the case in which both Alice and Bob are allowed to compensate their axes. In the former case, we show that we should utilize the mismatched measurement outcomes in the channel estimation phase. In the latter case, we show that we do not have to utilize the mismatched measurement outcomes in the channel estimation phase.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4083

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum key distributionBB84 protocolaxis compensationunital channel

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cryptography (94A60) Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94)

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