Key rate available from mismatched measurements in the BB84 protocol and the uncertainty principle

IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences

Volumn E91-A, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2870-2873

  Matsumoto, Ryutaroh ^a   Watanabe, Shun ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BB84; Mismatched measurement; Quantum key distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CRYPTOGRAPHY; HADAMARD MATRICES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BB84; HIGH PROBABILITY; MEASURING BASIS; PRIVACY AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM CHANNEL; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; STANDARD INFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 54849435917     PISSN: 09168508     EISSN: 17451337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e91-a.10.2870     Document Type: Article

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