Optimal individual attack on BB84 quantum key distribution using single-photon two-qubit quantum logic

Garcia-Patron Sanchez, Raul; Wong, Franco N. C.; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.

Optimal individual attack on BB84 quantum key distribution using single-photon two-qubit quantum logic

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Author(s)

Garcia-Patron Sanchez, Raul

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Wong, Franco N. C.

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Shapiro, Jeffrey H.

Date Issued

April 2010

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Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering

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SPIE

Citation

Raúl García-Patrón, Franco N. C. Wong and Jeffrey H. Shapiro, "Optimal individual attack on BB84 quantum key distribution using single-photon two-qubit quantum logic", Proc. SPIE 7702, 77020C (2010)© 2010 COPYRIGHT SPIE

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Abstract

We propose the use of single-photon two-qubit quantum logic to physically simulate the optimal individual attack on Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum key distribution protocol.The experimental setup does not require a quantum memory due to the physical simulation character of the proposal.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.849478