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View SchemaSecurity of quantum key distribution using d-level systems
| Authors | Nicolas J. Cerf, Mohamed Bourennane, Anders Karlsson, Nicolas Gisin |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0107130 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107130 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.127902 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 127902 (2002). |
Abstract
We consider two quantum cryptographic schemes relying on encoding the key into qudits, i.e. quantum states in a d-dimensional Hilbert space. The first cryptosystem uses two mutually unbiased bases (thereby extending the BB84 scheme), while the second exploits all the d+1 available such bases (extending the six-state protocol for qubits). We derive the information gained by a potential eavesdropper applying a cloning-based individual attack, along with an upper bound on the error rate that ensures unconditional security against coherent attacks.
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