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¹ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, E-08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.

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Quantum states offering perfect privacy, the basic unit of quantum privacy, were found to violate a Bell inequality. This discovery links quantum privacy directly to nonlocality, a key quantum phenomenon.

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Area of Science:

Quantum Information Science
Quantum Cryptography
Quantum Foundations

Background:

Private states are quantum states enabling perfectly secure cryptographic key extraction.
These states are considered the fundamental unit of quantum privacy.
Understanding the properties of private states is crucial for advancing quantum security.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between private quantum states and nonlocality.
To determine if private states exhibit Bell inequality violation.
To establish a connection between perfect quantum privacy and quantum nonlocality.

Main Methods:

Theoretical analysis of quantum states.
Application of Bell inequality tests to private states.
Mathematical derivation of the properties of private states.

Main Results:

All analyzed private states were shown to violate a Bell inequality.
This violation demonstrates that private states are inherently nonlocal.
A direct link between perfect privacy and nonlocality has been established.

Conclusions:

Perfect quantum privacy is intrinsically linked to quantum nonlocality.
Private states, essential for secure quantum cryptography, are a source of quantum nonlocality.
The findings deepen our understanding of fundamental quantum information principles.