• DocumentCode
    2300836
  • Title

    Nonclassicality without entanglement enables bit commitment

  • Author

    Barnum, Howard ; Dahlsten, Oscar C O ; Leifer, Matthew ; Toner, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Quantum Inst., Los Alamos, NM
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    5-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    386
  • Lastpage
    390
  • Abstract
    We investigate the existence of secure bit commitment protocols in the convex framework for probabilistic theories. The theory makes only minimal assumptions, and can be used to formalize quantum theory, classical probability theory, and a host of other possibilities. We prove that in all such theories that are locally non-classical but do not have entanglement, there exists a bit commitment protocol that is exponentially secure in the number of systems used.
  • Keywords
    cryptographic protocols; probability; quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement; convex framework; probabilistic theory; quantum entanglement; quantum theory; secure bit commitment protocol; Algebra; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Information security; Performance evaluation; Physics; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Quantum mechanics; Tensile stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory Workshop, 2008. ITW '08. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Porto
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2269-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2271-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITW.2008.4578692
  • Filename
    4578692