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

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Garcia-Patron Sanchez, Raul; Wong, Franco N. C.; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.
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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.
Date issued
2010-04
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60972
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering
Publisher
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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0277-786X
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