Advances in quantum cryptography

S Pirandola, UL Andersen, L Banchi… - Advances in optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Quantum cryptography is arguably the fastest growing area in quantum information science.
Novel theoretical protocols are designed on a regular basis, security proofs are constantly …

Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

F Xu, X Ma, Q Zhang, HK Lo, JW Pan - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
In principle, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information-theoretic security based on
the laws of physics. In practice, however, the imperfections of realistic devices might …

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 …

Robust and adaptable quantum key distribution network without trusted nodes

GJ Fan-Yuan, FY Lu, S Wang, ZQ Yin, DY He, W Chen… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) networks are promising to serve large numbers of users
with information-theoretic secure communication. In QKD networks, the detection-safe …

Secure quantum key distribution

HK Lo, M Curty, K Tamaki - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
Secure communication is crucial in the Internet Age, and quantum mechanics stands poised
to revolutionize cryptography as we know it today. In this Review, we introduce the …

Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

HK Lo, M Curty, B Qi - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
How to remove detector side channel attacks has been a notoriously hard problem in
quantum cryptography. Here, we propose a simple solution to this problem—measurement …

Quantum key distribution secured optical networks: A survey

P Sharma, A Agrawal, V Bhatia… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing incidents of cyber attacks and evolution of quantum computing poses challenges
to secure existing information and communication technologies infrastructure. In recent …

Field and long-term demonstration of a wide area quantum key distribution network

S Wang, W Chen, ZQ Yin, HW Li, DY He, YH Li… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
A wide area quantum key distribution (QKD) network deployed on communication
infrastructures provided by China Mobile Ltd. is demonstrated. Three cities and two …

Experimental demonstration of polarization encoding measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

Z Tang, Z Liao, F Xu, B Qi, L Qian, HK Lo - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We demonstrate the first implementation of polarization encoding measurement-device-
independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD), which is immune to all detector side …

Quantum key distribution without detector vulnerabilities using optically seeded lasers

LC Comandar, M Lucamarini, B Fröhlich, JF Dynes… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Security in quantum cryptography, is continuously challenged by inventive attacks,,,,
targeting the real components of a cryptographic set-up, and duly restored by new …