Combining Error Verification and Privacy Amplification in Quantum Key Distribution

arXiv:2610.10702 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-10-07 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-07

Updated: 2026-10-07

Terminology

• Verification — 20× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Quantum Key Distribution — 14× in this paper
• Trace — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace Distance — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Decoupling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Authentication in Security Proofs for Quantum Key Distribution
• Security proofs for practical QKD: variations, techniques, gaps, and limitations
• R'enyi security framework against coherent attacks applied to decoy-state QKD
• Rigorous Security Proofs for Practical Quantum Key Distribution
• Marginal-constrained entropy accumulation theorem
• A rigorous and complete security proof of decoy-state BB84 quantum key distribution

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