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Quantum Error Correcting Codes and the Security Proof of the BB84 Protocol

@article{Bhandari2014QuantumEC,
  title={Quantum Error Correcting Codes and the Security Proof of the BB84 Protocol},
  author={Ramesh Bhandari},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2014}
}
  • R. Bhandari
  • Published 30 August 2014
  • Computer Science
  • arXiv: Quantum Physics
We describe the popular BB84 protocol and critically examine its security proof as presented by Shor and Preskill. The proof requires the use of quantum error correcting codes called the Calderbank-Shor-Steanne (CSS) quantum codes. These quantum codes are constructed in the quantum domain from two suitable classical linear codes, one used to correct for bit-flip errors and the other for phase-flip errors. Consequently, as a prelude to the security proof, the report reviews the essential… 
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