Title :
On the security of spectrally encoded quantum-encryption protocols
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Electron., Univ. Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The confidentiality of the spectral implementation of the Y00 quantum encryption protocol is investigated, against ciphertext only and known plaintext attacks. A generic framework is proposed for developing a secure encryption scheme based on a single multiport encoder/decoder.
Keywords :
cryptographic protocols; quantum cryptography; ciphertext; multiport encoder/decoder; plaintext attacks; spectrally encoded quantum-encryption protocols; Amplitude shift keying; Cryptography; Decoding; Detectors; Encoding; Frequency; Optical fiber networks; Phase noise; Protocols; Security;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topical Meeting, 2009. LEOSST '09. IEEE/LEOS
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3913-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2009.5226245
