Quantum key distribution: From principles to practicalities

Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communications and Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-399

  Bruß, Dagmar ^a,c   Lütkenhaus, Norbert ^b  

^a ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY OF DATA;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 3042553178     PISSN: 09381279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002000050137     Document Type: Article

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