Security of the decoy state method for quantum key distribution

A.S. Trushechkin, 2 E.O. Kiktenko, 2, 3, 4 D.A. Kronberg, 3, 4 and A.K. Fedorov 4 Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation Department of Mathematics and NTI Center for Quantum Communications, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow 119049, Russia Russian Quantum Center, Skolkovo, Moscow 143025, Russia Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russia (Dated: January 26, 2021)

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