Simple proof that Gaussian attacks are optimal among collective attacks against continuous-variable quantum key distribution with a Gaussian modulation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Leverrier, Anthony ^a   Grangier, Philippe ^b  

^a INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^b INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; GAUSSIAN MODULATION; GAUSSIANS; IN-PHASE; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER CRIME; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953698441     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.062314     Document Type: Article

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