Title :
Bit commitment from weak non-locality
Author :
Wolf, Stefan ; Wullschleger, Jurg
Author_Institution :
Departement d´´Informatique el R.O., Univ. de Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
So-called non-local boxes, which have been introduced as an idealization n different respects - of the behavior of entangled quantum states, have been known to allow for unconditional bit commitment between the two involved parties. We show that, actually, any possible non-local correlation which produces random bits on both sides can be used to implement bit commitment, and that this holds even when the parties are allowed to delay their inputs to the box. Since a particular example is the behavior of an EPR pair, this resource allows for implementing unconditionally secure bit commitment as long as the parties cannot entangle their Qbits with any other system
Keywords :
EPR paradox; quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement; EPR pair; entangled quantum states; nonlocal boxes; random bits; unconditional bit commitment; Cryptography; Delay; Paramagnetic resonance; Physics; Probability distribution; Protocols; Quantum entanglement;
Conference_Titel :
Theory and Practice in Information-Theoretic Security, 2005. IEEE Information Theory Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Awaji Island
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9491-7
DOI :
10.1109/ITWTPI.2005.1543951