2 papers
quant-ph2025
Security loophole in error verification in quantum key distribution
Toyohiro Tsurumaru, Akihiro Mizutani, Toshihiko Sasaki
The security of quantum key distribution (QKD) is evaluated based on the secrecy of Alice's key and the correctness of the keys held by Alice and Bob. A practical method for ensuri…
quant-ph2025
Protocol-level description and self-contained security proof of decoy-state BB84 QKD protocol
Akihiro Mizutani, Toshihiko Sasaki, Go Kato
In this paper, we present a flowchart-based description of the decoy-state BB84 quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol and provide a step-by-step, self-contained information-theor…