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Comparing the efficiencies of different detect strategies in the ping-pong protocol

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The way to compare the efficiencies of different detect strategies (DSs) in the “ping-pong” protocol is studied. The trade-off between information gain and disturbance is calculated and compared for different DSs. The comparison result primely tallies with our intuitional analysis. It is shown that the analysis of this trade-off is a feasible way to compare the performances of different DSs in theory.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Fei Gao, FenZhuo Guo & QiaoYan Wen

  2. School of Sciences, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Fei Gao, FenZhuo Guo & QiaoYan Wen

  3. National Laboratory for Modern Communications, Chengdu, 610041, China

    FuChen Zhu

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Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2006AA01Z419), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90604023 and 6087319), the National Laboratory for Modern Communications Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 9140C1101010601), the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (Grant No. 4072020), and the ISN Open Foundation.

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Gao, F., Guo, F., Wen, Q. et al. Comparing the efficiencies of different detect strategies in the ping-pong protocol. Sci. China Ser. G-Phys. Mech. Astron. 51, 1853–1860 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-008-0185-4

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