Can optimal collective measurements outperform individual measurements for non-orthogonal QKD signals?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01616v1
• Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 08:34:55 GMT
• Title: Can optimal collective measurements outperform individual measurements for non-orthogonal QKD signals?
• Authors: Isabella Cerutti and Petra F. Scudo
• Abstract summary: We consider how the theory of optimal quantum measurements determines the maximum information available to the receiving party. We use a framework based on operator algebra and general results derived from singular value decomposition. We conclude that optimal von Neumann measurements are uniquely defined and provide a higher information gain compared to POVMs.
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• Abstract: We consider how the theory of optimal quantum measurements determines the maximum information available to the receiving party of a quantum key distribution (QKD) system employing linearly independent but non-orthogonal quantum states. Such a setting is characteristic of several practical QKD protocols. Due to non-orthogonality, the receiver is not able to discriminate unambiguously between the signals. To understand the fundamental limits that this imposes, the quantity of interest is the maximum mutual information between the transmitter (Alice) and the receiver, whether legitimate (Bob) or an eavesdropper (Eve). To find the optimal measurement we use a framework based on operator algebra and general results derived from singular value decomposition, achieving optimal solutions for von Neumann measurements and positive operator-valued measures (POVMs). The formal proof and quantitative analysis elaborated for two signals allow one to conclude that optimal von Neumann measurements are uniquely defined and provide a higher information gain compared to POVMs. Interestingly, collective measurements not only do not provide additional information gain with respect to individual ones, but also suffer from a gain reduction in the case of POVMs.

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