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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

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

Raúl García−Patrón, Franco N. C. Wong, Jeffrey H. Shapiro

Published Apr 2, 2010• 5 citations
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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.
DOI
10.1117/12.849478

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