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View SchemaQuantum mutual information and the one-time pad
| Authors | Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0604207 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604207 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.042305 |
Abstract
Alice and Bob share a correlated composite quantum system AB. If AB is used as the key for a one-time pad cryptographic system, we show that the maximum amount of information that Alice can send securely to Bob is the quantum mutual information of AB.
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