No information flow using statistical fluctuations and quantum cryptography
- Matematiska Institutionen, Linkoepings Universitet, SE-581 83 Linkoeping (Sweden)
The communication protocol of Home and Whitaker [Phys. Rev. A 67, 022306 (2003)] is examined in some detail, and found to work equally well using a separable state. The protocol is in fact completely classical, based on postselection of suitable experimental runs. The quantum-cryptography protocol proposed in the same publication is also examined, and this protocol uses entanglement, a strictly quantum property of the system. An individual eavesdropping attack on each qubit pair would be detected by the security test proposed in the mentioned paper. However, the key is provided by groups of qubits, and there exists a coherent attack, internal to these groups, that will go unnoticed in that security test. A modified test is proposed here that will ensure security, even against such a coherent attack.
- OSTI ID:
- 20640963
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 69, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.042317; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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