Effect of Decoherence in Ekert-Protocol
arXiv:0906.0233
Abstract
We have examined the effect of the decoherence in the Ekert91 quantum cryptographic protocol. In order to explore this issue we have introduced two major decoherences, the depolarizing channel and the generalized amplitude damping, between the singlet source and one of the legitimate users. It is shown that the depolarizing channel disentangles the quantum channel more easily than the generalized amplitude damping. This fact indicates that the Ekert protocol is more robust to the generalized amplitude damping. We also have computed the Bell inequality to check the robustness or weakness of the Ekert91 protocol. Computation of the Bell inequality also confirms the robustness of the Ekert91 protocol to the generalized amplitude damping compared to the depolarizing channel.
11 pages, 2 figures
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