Equiangular spherical codes in quantum cryptography

  • Authors:
  • Joseph M. Renes

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

  • Venue:
  • Quantum Information & Computation
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Quantum key distribution protocols based on equiangular spherical codes are introducedand their behavior under the intercept/resend attack investigated. Such protocols offera greater range of secure noise tolerance and speed options than protocols based ontheir cousins, the mutually-unbiased bases, while also enabling the determination of thechannel noise rate without the need to sacrifice key bits. For fixed number of signalstates in a given dimension, the spherical code protocols offer Alice and Bob more noisetolerance at the price of slower key generation rates.