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View SchemaA simple proof of the unconditional security of relativistic quantum cryptography
| Authors | S. N. Molotkov, S. S. Nazin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0008008 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0008008 |
| DOI | 10.1134/1.1378181 |
Abstract
A simple proof of the unconditional security of a relativistic quantum cryptosystem based on orthogonal states is proposed. Restrictions imposed by special relativity allow to substantially simplify the proof compared with the non-relativistic cryptosystems involving non-orthogonal states. Important for the proposed protocol is the spatio-temporal structure of the quantum states which is actually ignored in the non-relativistic protocols employing only the structure of the state space of the information carriers. As a consequence, the simplification arises because of the inefficiency of collective measurements which constitute the major problem in the non-relativistic case.
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