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Equivalence between Two-Qubit Entanglement and Secure Key Distribution

Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 91, no. 16
Publication date2003
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We study the problem of secret key distillation from bipartite states in the scenario where Alice and Bob can perform measurements only at the single-copy level and classically process the obtained outcomes. Even with these limitations, secret bits can be asymptotically distilled by the honest parties from any two-qubit entangled state, under any individual attack. Our results point out a complete equivalence between two-qubit entanglement and secure key distribution: a key can be established through a one-qubit channel if and only if it allows one to distribute entanglement. These results can be generalized to a higher dimension for all those states that are one-copy distillable.

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ACIN, Antonio, MASANES, Lluis, GISIN, Nicolas. Equivalence between Two-Qubit Entanglement and Secure Key Distribution. In: Physical review letters, 2003, vol. 91, n° 16. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.167901
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