Quantum hacking of a continuous-variable quantum-key-distribution system using a wavelength attack

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Jing Zheng ^a   Weedbrook, Christian ^b   Yin, Zhen Qiang ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a   Li, Hong Wei ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Guo, Guang Can ^a   Han, Zheng Fu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; HETERODYNE DETECTION; INPUT LIGHT; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SECURITY PROOFS; WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERSONAL COMPUTING; PRISMS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84879489312     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.062329     Document Type: Article

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