Physical-Layer Security, Quantum Key Distribution and Post-quantum Cryptography
The growth of data-driven technologies, 5G, and the Internet place enormous pressure on underlying information infrastructure. There exist numerous proposals on how to deal with the possible capacity crunch.
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Quantum Cryptography in Telecommunications as a New Era of Secure Communications [PDF]
Background: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has turned into a crucial point for secure communication in the era of quantum networks. Quantum key distribution provides the client with a theoretically secure key by taking advantage of the principles of ...
Mustafa M. Zayer +4 more
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Metrology for Quantum Hardware Standardization—Charting a Pathway: A Strategic Review
Advances in quantum mechanics have long underpinned metrology by enabling practical realizations of units through quantum effects. With the 2019 SI revision, traceability is anchored in defined fundamental constants, reinforcing the quantum‐mechanical basis of modern standards. In parallel, quantum technologies are transitioning from laboratory science
Nobu‐Hisa Kaneko
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Wireless quantum key distribution at terahertz frequencies: Opportunities and challenges
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is one of the major applications of quantum information technology. It can provide ultra‐secure key distribution with security guaranteed by the laws of quantum physics. Quantum key distribution is necessary to protect data
Neel Kanth Kundu +2 more
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Quantum Flows for Secret Key Distribution in the Presence of the Photon Number Splitting Attack
Physical implementations of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols, like the Bennett-Brassard (BB84), are forced to use attenuated coherent quantum states, because the sources of single photon states are not functional yet for QKD applications. However,
Luis A. Lizama-Pérez +3 more
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Phase-matching quantum key distribution with advantage distillation
Phase-matching quantum key distribution (PM-QKD) provides a promising solution to surpass the fundamental rate–distance bound without quantum repeaters.
Rui-Qiang Wang +7 more
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Advances in Position‐Momentum Entanglement: A Versatile Tool for Quantum Technologies
Position–momentum entanglement constitutes a high‐dimensional continuous‐variable resource in quantum optics. Recent advances in its generation, characterization, and control are reviewed, with emphasis on spontaneous parametric down‐conversion and modern measurement techniques.
Satyajeet Patil +6 more
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Secure Decentralized Key Relaying via Random Walks in Dynamic Semi‐Trusted QKD Networks
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) provides point‐to‐point, information‐theoretically secure session keys, but distance limitations require trusted relays between remote parties. Can quantum keys be relayed without trusting every intermediate node or depending on a central controller?
Sergejs Kozlovičs +3 more
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Quantum secure communication network architecture and mobile application solution
As the first practical representative technology in the new quantum revolution,quantum key distribution (QKD) brings a promising solution to achieve long-term security guarantee,which has made series of progress from research to practical deployment and ...
Jianquan WANG +4 more
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Satellite Quantum Communications When Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Are Excluded
An application of quantum communications is the transmission of qubits to create shared symmetric encryption keys in a process called quantum key distribution (QKD). Contrary to public-private key encryption, symmetric encryption is considered safe from (
Tom Vergoossen +3 more
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