Quantum key distribution technologies

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 888-896

  Inoue, Kyo ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Quantum cryptography (QC); Quantum key distribution (QKD); Secure communication

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL-PHASESHIFT PROTOCOL; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD); SECURE COMMUNICATION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SECURITY OF DATA;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33747239526     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.876606     Document Type: Article

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