Advantage distillation for device-independent quantum key distribution

Abstract

We derive a sufficient condition for advantage distillation to be secure against collective attacks in device-independent quantum key distribution (DIQKD), focusing on the repetition-code protocol. In addition, we describe a semidefinite programming method to check whether this condition holds for any probability distribution obtained in a DIQKD protocol. Applying our method to various probability distributions, we find that advantage distillation is possible up to depolarising-noise values of $q\approx 9.1\%$ or limited detector efficiencies of $\eta \approx 89.1\%$ in a 2-input 2-output scenario. This exceeds the noise thresholds of $q\approx 7.1\%$ and $\eta \approx 90.7\%$ respectively for DIQKD with one-way error correction using the CHSH inequality, thereby showing that it is possible to distill secret key beyond those thresholds.

[v2] Corrected threshold detection efficiency for one-way error correction, reorganised material. [v3] Updated funding information