From quantum cloning to quantum key distribution with continuous variables: A review (invited)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 324-334

  Cerf, Nicolas J ^a   Grangier, Philippe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DATA PROCESSING; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

GAUSSIAN-MODULATED COHERENT LIGHT STATES; QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33947247399     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000324     Document Type: Review

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