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Long-distance quantum key distribution using concatenated entanglement swapping with practical resources
We present our approach for sharing photons and assessing resultant
four-photon visibility between two distant parties using concatenated
entanglement swapping. In addition we determine the corresponding key
generation rate and the quantum bit-error rate. Our model is based on practical
limitations of resources, including multipair parametric down-conversion
sources, inefficient detectors with dark counts and lossy channels. Through
this approach, we have found that a trade-off is needed between experimental
run-time, pair-production rate and detector efficiency. Concatenated
entanglement swapping enables huge distances for quantum key-distribution but
at the expense of low key generation rate
Robustness of the BB84 quantum key distribution protocol against general coherent attacks
It is demonstrated that for the entanglement-based version of the
Bennett-Brassard (BB84) quantum key distribution protocol, Alice and Bob share
provable entanglement if and only if the estimated qubit error rate is below
25% or above 75%. In view of the intimate relation between entanglement and
security, this result sheds also new light on the unconditional security of the
BB84 protocol in its original prepare-and-measure form. In particular, it
indicates that for small qubit error rates 25% is the ultimate upper security
bound for any prepare-and-measure BB84-type QKD protocol. On the contrary, for
qubit error rates between 25% and 75% we demonstrate that the correlations
shared between Alice and Bob can always be explained by separable states and
thus, no secret key can be distilled in this regime.Comment: New improved version. A minor mistake has been eliminate
Inclusive Entrepreneurship Model for Person with Disabilities: A Critical Reflection
Persons with Disabilities are one of the marginalized communities that struggle economically and socially. Entrepreneurship has been considered one of the best options; however, PWDs are struggling in their business journey. The study investigates factors of the inclusive entrepreneurship model of Persons with Disabilities through their reflection. A focus group semi-structured interview was conducted with ten selected PWDs based on their entrepreneurship experience. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Findings show that psychological issues and social discrimination are major entrepreneurship obstacles. Therefore, entrepreneurship programs for PWDs should be more disabled-friendly and focus on their physical and emotional needs
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