Upper bounds on the performance of differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution

Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 62-80

  Gómez Sousa, Hipólito ^a   Curty, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential phase Shift quantum key distribution; Intercept resend attack; Quantum cryptography; Quantum key distribution; Security; Sequential attack; Unambiguous state discrimination

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

DIFFERENTIAL-PHASE-SHIFT QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERCEPT-RESEND ATTACKS; PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM-KEY- DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL; SECURITY; SEQUENTIAL ATTACK; UNAMBIGUOUS DISCRIMINATION; UNAMBIGUOUS STATE DISCRIMINATION; UPPER BOUND; WEAK COHERENT PULSE;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 66449091218     PISSN: 15337146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26421/qic9.1-2-4     Document Type: Article

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