Sequential attacks against differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution with weak coherent states

Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 665-688

  Curty, Marcos ^a,b   Zhang, Lucy Liuxuan ^a   Lo, Hoi Kwong ^a   Lütkenhaus, Norbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential phase shift quantum key distribution; Intercept resend attack; Quantum cryptography; Quantum key distribution; Security; Sequential attack

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; QUANTUM THEORY;

DIFFERENTIAL-PHASE-SHIFT QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTIONS; ERROR DISCRIMINATION; INTERCEPT-RESEND ATTACKS; SECURITY; SEQUENTIAL ATTACK; SIGNAL STATE; UNAMBIGUOUS STATE DISCRIMINATION; WEAK COHERENT STATE;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 34547512551     PISSN: 15337146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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