Quantum cryptography
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Contemporary Physics
- Vol. 36 (3) , 149-163
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00107519508222149
Abstract
Quantum cryptography is a new method for secret communications offering the ultimate security assurance of the inviolability of a law of nature. In this paper we shall describe the theory of quantum cryptography, its potential relevance and the development of a prototype system at Los Alamos, which utilizes the phenomenon of single-photon interference to perform quantum cryptography over an optical fibre communications link.Keywords
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