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Advantage distillation for device-independent quantum key distribution

Quantum Physics 2020-05-19 v3

Abstract

We derive a sufficient condition for advantage distillation to be secure against collective attacks in device-independent quantum key distribution (DIQKD), focusing on the repetition-code protocol. In addition, we describe a semidefinite programming method to check whether this condition holds for any probability distribution obtained in a DIQKD protocol. Applying our method to various probability distributions, we find that advantage distillation is possible up to depolarising-noise values of q9.1%q \approx 9.1\% or limited detector efficiencies of η89.1%\eta \approx 89.1\% in a 2-input 2-output scenario. This exceeds the noise thresholds of q7.1%q \approx 7.1\% and η90.7%\eta \approx 90.7\% respectively for DIQKD with one-way error correction using the CHSH inequality, thereby showing that it is possible to distill secret key beyond those thresholds.

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@article{arxiv.1903.10535,
  title  = {Advantage distillation for device-independent quantum key distribution},
  author = {Ernest Y. -Z. Tan and Charles C. -W. Lim and Renato Renner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.10535},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

[v2] Corrected threshold detection efficiency for one-way error correction, reorganised material. [v3] Updated funding information

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