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Fully device independent quantum key distribution

Vazirani, Umesh
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Vidick, Thomas  orcid-logo
April 1, 2019
Communications of the ACM

Quantum cryptography promises levels of security that are impossible to attain in a classical world. Can this security be guaranteed to classical users of a quantum protocol, who may not even trust the quantum devices used to implement the protocol? This central question dates back to the early 1990s when the challenge of achieving Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution (DIQKD) was first formulated. We answer the challenge by rigorously proving the device-independent security of an entanglement-based protocol building on Ekert's original proposal for quantum key distribution. The proof of security builds on techniques from the classical theory of pseudo-randomness to achieve a new quantitative understanding of the non-local nature of quantum correlations.

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research article
DOI
10.1145/3310974
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85063456492

Author(s)
Vazirani, Umesh

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Vidick, Thomas  orcid-logo

California Institute of Technology

Date Issued

2019-04-01

Published in
Communications of the ACM
Volume

62

Issue

4

Start page

133

End page

142

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

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Non-EPFL  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

University of Rhode Island

National Science Foundation

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

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November 19, 2025
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