Intercept-resend attack on six-state quantum key distribution over collective-rotation noise channels
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We investigate the effect of collective-rotation noise on the security of the six-state quantum key distribution. We study the case where the eavesdropper, Eve, performs an intercept-resend attack on the quantum communication between Alice, the sender, and Bob, the receiver. We first derive the collective-rotation noise model for the six-state protocol and then parameterize the mutual information between Alice and Eve. We then derive quantum bit error rate for three intercept-resend attack scenarios. We observe that the six-state protocol is robust against intercept-resend attacks on collective rotation noise channels when the rotation angle is kept within certain bounds.
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Quantum technologies can provide secure transmission of medical data, ensuring privacy and confidentiality.
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- Authors
- Garapo, K., Mafu, M., & Petruccione, F.
- Affiliations
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
- Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BW)
- National Institute for Theoretical Physics (ZA)
- Venue
- Chinese Physics B
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2016-07
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 070303
- ISSN
- 1674-1056 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2466824273
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- 15
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- 53
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- 0.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
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- Locations
- Chinese Physics B (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Wireless Communication Security Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Keywords
- six-state protocol, quantum key distribution, intercept-resend attack, collective rotation noise, eavesdropping, mutual information, quantum bit error rate, security analysis
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