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Estimate sifting, parameter estimation, reconciliation leakage, authentication, privacy amplification, and final key length.
Sifted bits
500,000
Leakage bits
88,042
Final key bits
284,652
| Stage | Before | After | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw detections | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | Detector clicks entering post-processing. |
| Basis sifting | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | Discard mismatched basis events. |
| Parameter estimation | 500,000 | 450,000 | Reveal a sample to estimate QBER. |
| Information reconciliation | 450,000 | 361,958 | Leakage estimated from f_ec h2(Q). |
| Error verification | 361,958 | 361,830 | Hash/checksum accounting. |
| Authentication | 361,830 | 361,574 | Classical channel authentication cost. |
| Privacy amplification | 361,574 | 284,652 | Remove phase-error proxy and security margin. |