arXiv:0712.3999

On quantum cryptography with bipartite bound entangled states

Paweł Horodecki, Remigiusz Augusiak

Published Dec 24, 2007• 2 citations

Abstract

Recently the explicit applicability of bound entanglement in quantum cryptography has been shown. In this paper some of recent results respecting this topic are reviewed. In particular relevant notions and definitions are reminded. The new construction of bound entangled states containing secure correlations is presented. It provides low dimensional 6\otimes6 bound entangled states with nonzero distillable key.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0712.3999

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