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Eavesdropping on the BB84 Protocol using Phase-Covariant Cloning: Experimental Results

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  • Brian Pigott
  • Elizabeth Campolongo
  • Hardik Routray
  • Alex Khan
2024 arXiv: 2409.16284   (2024)
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Though the BB84 protocol has provable security over a noiseless quantum channel, the security is not proven over current noisy technology. The level of tolerable error on such systems is still unclear, as is how much information about a raw key may be obtained by an eavesdropper. We develop a reproducible test to determine the security–or lack thereof–of the protocol in practice. This enables us to obtain an experimental estimate of the information that can be obtained using asymmetric phase-covariant cloning to eavesdrop on the BB84 protocol.

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