Popescu-Rohrlich box fraction of dimensionally restricted nonlocality and secure quantum key distribution (2507.02473v1)

Abstract: With a measure of dimensionally restricted nonlocality in the bipartite Bell scenario with two inputs and two outputs, a different decomposition of any nonsignaling box that is a convex mixture of a single Popescu-Rohrlich box and a Bell-local box, with the measure being zero, is introduced. It is shown that any nonsignaling box shared by Alice and Bob that has dimensionally restricted nonlocality contains secret correlations against any third party, Eve, who is also dimensionally restricted. In this context, for the specific Bell scenario considered, it is demonstrated that the Popescu-Rohrlich box fraction can be used as a resource for secure quantum key distribution even if entanglement is not certified.