Security of quantum key distribution with imperfect devices

Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 325-360

  Gottesman, Daniel ^a   Hoi Kwonglo, L O ^b   Lütkenhaus, Norbert ^c   Preskill, John ^d  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantum cryptography; Quantum key distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EAVESDROPPING ATTACKS; KEY GENERATION RATE; LOWER BOUNDS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOLS; WEAK COHERENT STATE;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 7044249607     PISSN: 15337146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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