Quantum Cryptography: an overview of Quantum Key Distribution
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04044v1
- Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:50:35 GMT
- Title: Quantum Cryptography: an overview of Quantum Key Distribution
- Authors: Davide Rusca, Nicolas Gisin,
- Abstract summary: This chapter highlights the transformation of secure communications through the incorporation of quantum mechanics.
Over the past four decades, this groundbreaking theory has quietly revolutionized private communication.
The chapter provides a concise historical overview of this field's inception, tracking the development of its pioneering protocol, BB84.
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- Abstract: This chapter highlights the transformation of secure communications through the incorporation of quantum mechanics. Over the past four decades, this groundbreaking theory has quietly revolutionized private communication. The chapter provides a concise historical overview of this field's inception, tracking the development of its pioneering protocol, BB84. It delves deeply into the protocol's evolution, spotlighting its milestones and challenges. Furthermore, it offers a panoramic view of the entire quantum key distribution landscape, encompassing continuous variable protocols designed to harness existing telecom technologies and device-independent quantum key distribution protocols aimed at achieving secure key exchange with minimal reliance on the experimental setup.
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