Security of the Decoy-State BB84 Protocol with Imperfect State Preparation

The quantum key distribution (QKD) allows two remote users to share a common information-theoretic secure secret key. In order to guarantee the security of a practical QKD implementation, the physical system has to be fully characterized and all deviations from the ideal protocol due to various impe...

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Main Authors: Aleksei Reutov, Andrey Tayduganov, Vladimir Mayboroda, Oleg Fat’yanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/11/1556