Title :
Quantum cryptography
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
Abstract :
Recently, quantum mechanics and information science have been combined to create a new field, namely, quantum information processing, which has been growing up rapidly in these years. The so-called quantum computing and quantum cryptography are included in this field. Although quantum information processing is quite attractive for its amazing possibility, it is also considered to be hard to realize any of such new ideas into practical use. The author develops a theory on quantum key distribution (QKD) with coherent states and a theory on two-state QKD with noisy light sources.
Keywords :
optical communication; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; quantum theory; coherent states; information science; noisy light sources; practical use; quantum computing; quantum cryptography; quantum information processing; quantum key distribution; quantum mechanics; two-state quantum key distribution; Cryptographic protocols; Cryptography; Heart; Information processing; Information science; Laboratories; Physics; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5661-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811587