Asymptotically Optimal prepare-measure Quantum Key Distribution Protocol
arXiv:2110.01973 · doi:10.1007/s10773-023-05447-0
Abstract
Quantum key distribution (QKD) could be the most significant application of quantum information theory. In nearly four decades, although substantial QKD protocols are developed, the BB84 protocol and its variants are still the most researched ones. It is well-known that the secure bound of qubit error rate (QBER) of BB84 protocol is about 11 while it can be increased to 12.6 by six-state protocol. It would not be surprising that employing more basis could increase the bound. However, what is the optimal protocol, and how to analyze it? In this paper, investigations of asymptotically optimal QKD protocols are proposed. Precisely, We present an abstraction of prepare-measure QKD protocols and investigate two special cases which are optimal among all protocols coding by the same states. Our analysis demonstrates that the asymptotically optimal QBER bounds coding by orthogonal qubits are about 27.28 for both memory C-NOT attacks and memoryless C-NOT attacks while the bounds coding by non-orthogonal states in two mutually unbiased bases are about 22.73 for memory and 28.69 for memoryless C-NOT attacks. The protocols are idealized but might be asymptotically realized while their optimality indicates the ultimate potential of QKD protocols. Although the analysis only contains a special kind of attack, it provides a framework for investigating such protocols.
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