Practical secure quantum communications

Eleni Diamanti

doi:10.1117/12.2185062

7 May 2015 Practical secure quantum communications

Eleni Diamanti

Proceedings Volume 9505, Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Transfer and Processing 2015; 95050L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2185062
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We review recent advances in the field of quantum cryptography, focusing in particular on practical implementations of two central protocols for quantum network applications, namely key distribution and coin flipping. The former allows two parties to share secret messages with information-theoretic security, even in the presence of a malicious eavesdropper in the communication channel, which is impossible with classical resources alone. The latter enables two distrustful parties to agree on a random bit, again with information-theoretic security, and with a cheating probability lower than the one that can be reached in a classical scenario. Our implementations rely on continuous-variable technology for quantum key distribution and on a plug and play discrete-variable system for coin flipping, and necessitate a rigorous security analysis adapted to the experimental schemes and their imperfections. In both cases, we demonstrate the protocols with provable security over record long distances in optical fibers and assess the performance of our systems as well as their limitations. The reported advances offer a powerful toolbox for practical applications of secure communications within future quantum networks.

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Eleni Diamanti "Practical secure quantum communications", Proc. SPIE 9505, Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Transfer and Processing 2015, 95050L (7 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2185062

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