Noise adaptive two-way secure deterministic quantum key distribution

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27902v1
• Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 03:26:05 GMT
• Title: Noise adaptive two-way secure deterministic quantum key distribution
• Abstract summary: We introduce noise-adaptive quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols.<n>We derive the corresponding secret key rates for both adaptive and conventional non-adaptive scenarios under collective attacks.<n>Our results establish noise-adaptive encoding and decoding as a powerful framework for improving secure communication over realistic noisy quantum channels.
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• Abstract: We introduce noise-adaptive quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols, in which the honest parties optimize the encoding (state preparation) and decoding (measurement basis) operations according to the noise models affecting the honest subsystems induced by an eavesdropper. This extends conventional QKD schemes that employ fixed encoding and decoding strategies independent of the noise characteristics of the communication channel. We investigate three representative protocols: entanglement-based secure dense coding (SDC), the entanglement-free Lucamarini and Mancini (LM05), and a two-way prepare-and-measure Bennett Brassard (BB84) protocols. Using entropic uncertainty relations, we derive the corresponding secret key rates for both adaptive and conventional non-adaptive scenarios under collective attacks. For independent but identical noise acting on the forward and backward transmission channels, as well as for correlated and non-Markovian environments, we identify classes of channels for which adaptive schemes yield enhanced secret key rates for the considered protocols. In contrast, we also determine Pauli channels, including depolarizing and bit flip channels, for which adaptive strategies provide no benefit. We further show that these optimal sets are generally non-unique and can differ substantially from the unitaries that maximize dense-coding capacity in the absence of security constraints. Our results establish noise-adaptive encoding and decoding as a powerful framework for improving secure communication over realistic noisy quantum channels.

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