Quantum hacking: Experimental demonstration of time-shift attack against practical quantum-key-distribution systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Fung, Chi Hang Fred ^a   Qi, Bing ^a   Chen, Christine ^a   Lo, Hoi Kwong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERSONAL COMPUTING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WELL TESTING;

BELL'S INEQUALITIES; DETECTION EFFICIENCIES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; PRACTICAL; QKD SYSTEMS; QUANTUM SIGNALS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 55049100546     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.042333     Document Type: Article

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