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Device-Independent Quantum Information Processing

A Simplified Analysis

  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Serves as an ideal starting point for those entering the field of device-independent information processing
  • Presents powerful information-theoretic methods to prove security claims

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 1-17
  3. Preliminaries: Basics and Notation

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 19-32
  4. Preliminaries: Device-Independent Concepts

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 33-45
  5. Introduction to the Showcases

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 47-66
  6. Single-Round Box

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 67-73
  7. Multi-round Box

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 75-85
  8. Working Under the IID Assumption

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 87-101
  9. Reductions to IID: Parallel Interaction

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 103-121
  10. Reductions to IID: Sequential Interaction

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 123-135
  11. Showcase: Non-signalling Parallel Repetition

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 137-157
  12. Showcase: Device-Independent Quantum Cryptography

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 159-186
  13. Outlook

    • Rotem Arnon-Friedman
    Pages 187-190
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 191-217

About this book

Device-independent quantum cryptography is a method for exchanging secret messages over potentially insecure quantum communication channels, such as optical fibers. In contrast to conventional quantum cryptography, security is guaranteed even if the devices used by the communication partners, such as photon sources and detectors, deviate from their theoretical specifications. This is of high practical relevance, for attacks to current implementations of quantum cryptography exploit exactly such deviations. Device-independent cryptography is however technologically so demanding that it looked as if experimental realizations are out of reach.


In her thesis, Rotem Arnon-Friedman presents powerful information-theoretic methods to prove the security of device-independent quantum cryptography. Based on them, she is able to establish security in a parameter regime that may be experimentally achievable in the near future. Rotem Arnon-Friedman's thesis thus provides the theoretical foundations for an  experimental demonstration of device-independent quantum cryptography. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Senior Scientist, Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rechovot, Israel

    Rotem Arnon-Friedman

About the author

Rotem Arnon-Friedman is a postdoctoral researcher at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department of University of California Berkeley, USA. She received her PhD at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, under the supervision of Prof. Renato Renner. Prior to that, she completed her MSc at the Computer Science department of Tel-Aviv University, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Amnon Ta-Shma.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Device-Independent Quantum Information Processing

  • Book Subtitle: A Simplified Analysis

  • Authors: Rotem Arnon-Friedman

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60231-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60230-7Published: 01 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60233-8Published: 02 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60231-4Published: 31 October 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 217

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Quantum Physics, Systems and Data Security, Quantum Computing

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eBook USD 139.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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