The evolution of quantum secure direct communication: On the road to the qinternet

D Pan, GL Long, L Yin, YB Sheng… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication security has to evolve to a higher plane in the face of the threat from the
massive computing power of the emerging quantum computers. Quantum secure direct …

Security in quantum cryptography

C Portmann, R Renner - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Quantum cryptography exploits principles of quantum physics for the secure processing of
information. A prominent example is secure communication, ie, the task of transmitting …

Implementation and security analysis of practical quantum secure direct communication

R Qi, Z Sun, Z Lin, P Niu, W Hao, L Song… - Light: Science & …, 2019 - nature.com
Rapid development of supercomputers and the prospect of quantum computers are posing
increasingly serious threats to the security of communication. Using the principles of …

Proof-of-principle experimental demonstration of twin-field type quantum key distribution

X Zhong, J Hu, M Curty, L Qian, HK Lo - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The twin-field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol and its variants are highly
attractive because they can beat the well-known fundamental limit of the secret key rate for …

Fully device independent quantum key distribution

U Vazirani, T Vidick - Communications of the ACM, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Quantum cryptography promises levels of security that are impossible to attain in a classical
world. Can this security be guaranteed to classical users of a quantum protocol, who may …

Hacking commercial quantum cryptography systems by tailored bright illumination

L Lydersen, C Wiechers, C Wittmann, D Elser… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
The peculiar properties of quantum mechanics allow two remote parties to communicate a
private, secret key, which is protected from eavesdrop** by the laws of physics 1, 2, 3, 4 …

Quantum cryptography

N Gisin, G Ribordy, W Tittel, H Zbinden - Reviews of modern physics, 2002 - APS
Quantum cryptography Page 1 Quantum cryptography Nicolas Gisin, Grégoire Ribordy,
Wolfgang Tittel, and Hugo Zbinden Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 1211 …

The security of practical quantum key distribution

V Scarani, H Bechmann-Pasquinucci, NJ Cerf… - Reviews of modern …, 2009 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is the first quantum information task to reach the level of
mature technology, already fit for commercialization. It aims at the creation of a secret key …

Quantum information and computation

CH Bennett, DP DiVincenzo - nature, 2000 - nature.com
In information processing, as in physics, our classical world view provides an incomplete
approximation to an underlying quantum reality. Quantum effects like interference and …

Quantum computation over continuous variables

S Lloyd, SL Braunstein - Physical Review Letters, 1999 - APS
This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for constructing a universal
quantum computer over continuous variables. As an example, it is shown how a universal …