Quantum Kolmogorov Complexity and Quantum Key Distribution

dc.creatorMiyadera, Takayuki
dc.creatorImai, Hideki
dc.date2008-11-15
dc.date2009-01-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:34:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:34:44Z
dc.descriptionWe discuss the Bennett-Brassard 1984 (BB84) quantum key distribution protocol in the light of quantum algorithmic information. While Shannon's information theory needs a probability to define a notion of information, algorithmic information theory does not need it and can assign a notion of information to an individual object. The program length necessary to describe an object, Kolmogorov complexity, plays the most fundamental role in the theory. In the context of algorithmic information theory, we formulate a security criterion for the quantum key distribution by using the quantum Kolmogorov complexity that was recently defined by Vitányi. We show that a simple BB84 protocol indeed distribute a binary sequence between Alice and Bob that looks almost random for Eve with a probability exponentially close to 1.
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dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2460
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2460
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 79, 012324 (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.79.012324
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/217544
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleQuantum Kolmogorov Complexity and Quantum Key Distribution
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