Quantum key distribution with an unknown and untrusted source

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Qi, Bing ^a   Lo, Hoi Kwong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SECURITY OF DATA;

KEY GENERATION RATES; ONE-DECOY STATE PROTOCOL; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SECURITY ANALYSIS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 44149092178     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.052327     Document Type: Article

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