arXiv:quant-ph/0101098 · Reviews of Modern Physics

Quantum cryptography

Nicolas Gisin, G. Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel, Hugo Zbinden

Published Mar 8, 2002• 8,509 citations

Abstract

Quantum cryptography could well be the first application of quantum mechanics at the single-quantum level. The rapid progress in both theory and experiment in recent years is reviewed, with emphasis on open questions and technological issues.

DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.74.145

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