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Eavesdropping on quantum-cryptographical systems
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Quantum cryptography cannot prevent eavesdropping, but any eavesdropping attempt can be detected by the legitimate users of the communication channel. This is because eavesdropping affects the quantum state of the information carriers and results in an abnormal error rate. In this paper, we analyze various eavesdropping techniques, which may be either translucent or opaque to the transmitted photons, and we estimate the error rate above which the key distribution is deemed unsafe and should be abandoned.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ekert, A. K., Huttner, B., Palma, G. M., & Peres, A.
- Venue
- Physical Review A
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1994-08-01
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 1047-1056
- ISSN
- 0556-2791 (ISSN-L)
- 1050-2947
- 1094-1622
- OpenAlex
- W2007972620
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 18.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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