Fully device independent quantum key distribution
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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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
California Institute of Technology
2019-04-01
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| Funder | Funding(s) | Grant Number | Grant URL |
University of Rhode Island | |||
National Science Foundation | |||
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | |||
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