https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e20020020
Shor and Preskill's and Mayers's security proof for the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol
NEC Research Institute, Maharishi University of Management, 4 Independence way, Princeton
NJ-08540, USA
Corresponding author: a mayers@research.nj.nec.com
Received:
14
July
2001
Published online: 15 February 2002
We review two security proofs for the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol: Mayers's security proof and the more recent proof of Shor and Preskill. We focus on the basic principles and the intuition in Mayers's proof instead of technical details. We present a variation on Shor's and Preskill's proof which is convenient for purpose of comparison. We explain the connection between these two proofs.
PACS: 03.65.Ta – Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory / 42.50.Dv – Nonclassical field states; squeezed, antibunched, and sub-Poissonian states; operational definitions of the phase of the field; phase measurements / 89.70.+c – Information science
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
