Single-photon based Quantum Key Distribution and Random Number Generation schemes and their device-independent security analysis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07451v1
• Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:32:02 GMT
• Title: Single-photon based Quantum Key Distribution and Random Number Generation schemes and their device-independent security analysis
• Authors: Konrad Schlichtholz, Bianka Woloncewicz, Tamoghna Das, Marcin Markiewicz, Marek \.Zukowski
• Abstract summary: We present a device-independent quantum key distribution scheme secure even against no-signaling eavesdropping. The scheme is inspired by the Tan-Walls-Collett (1991) interferometric setup, which used the entangled state of two exit modes of a 50-50 beamsplitter.
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• Abstract: We present a single-photon based device-independent quantum key distribution scheme secure even against no-signaling eavesdropping, which covers quantum attacks, as well as ones beyond laws of physics but still obeying the rules for spatially separated events. The operational scheme is inspired by the Tan-Walls-Collett (1991) interferometric setup, which used the entangled state of two exit modes of a 50-50 beamsplitter resulting from a single photon entering one of its input ports, and weak homodyne measurements at two spatially separated measurement stations. The physics and non-classically of such an arrangement has been understood only recently. Our protocol links basic features of the first two emblematic protocols, BB84 and Ekert91, namely the random bits of the cryptographic key are obtained by measurements on single photon, while the security is positively tested if one observes a violation of a specific Bell inequality. The security analysis presented here is based on a decomposition of the correlations into extremal points of a no-signaling polytope which allows for identification of the optimal strategy for any eavesdropping constrained only by the no-signalling principle. For this strategy, the key rate is calculated, which is then connected with the violation of a specific Clauser-Horne inequality. We also adapt this analysis to propose a self-testing quantum random number generator.

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