To use this Qiskit codebase, create a new Python virtual environment based on the requirements.txt file, follow these steps:

1. Create a New Virtual Environment:

   • Use a virtual environment tool such as virtualenv or venv to create a new virtual environment.

   Example:

   virtualenv venv_name
   # or
   python -m venv venv_name

2. Activate the Virtual Environment:

   • Activate the newly created virtual environment.

   Example:

   # Windows
   venv_name\Scripts\activate
   
   # Mac/Linux
   source venv_name/bin/activate

3. Install Packages from requirements.txt:

   • Install all the required packages listed in the requirements.txt file using pip.

   Example:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the authenticate QKD protocols:

Follow the instruction in the notebook protocol.ipynb

To test different authenticated protocols (AQKD, ASQKD1, ASQKD2), you can change the relevant imported functions here

from hybridoperations import Bases_preparation_AQKD, measure_message_AQKD
Bases_preparation = Bases_preparation_AQKD
measure_message = measure_message_AQKD