On the optimality of individual entangling-probe attacks against BB84 quantum key distribution

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-406

  Herbauts, I M ^a   Bettelli, S ^b   Hubel H ^a   Peev, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; PROBES;

EAVESDROPPING ATTACKS; GENERAL PUBLICS; INDIVIDUAL ATTACKS; PRIVACY AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; QUANTUM-CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS; TIGHT BOUND;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 38349167651     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2008-00002-x     Document Type: Article

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