Getting something out of nothing

Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn 5, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 413-418

  Lo, Hoi Kwong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quantum Cryptography; Quantum Key Distribution; Unconditional Security

Indexed keywords

NETWORK SECURITY; QUANTUM THEORY;

COMMUNICATION COMPLEXITY; KEY GENERATION RATE; UNCONDITIONAL SECURITY; VACUUM STATE; WEAK COHERENT STATE;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 23744487348     PISSN: 15337146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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