Alice, Bob, and Eve in quantumland: from the polarization of photons to quantum information processing

Tal Mor

doi:10.1117/12.620266

18 August 2005 Alice, Bob, and Eve in quantumland: from the polarization of photons to quantum information processing

Tal Mor

Proceedings Volume 5888, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing II; 588817 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620266
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The use of polarized photons in cryptography holds the promise of secure cryptographic quantum key distribution schemes. In theory, quantum key distribution provides a key with unconditional security. In practice, however, the implemented schemes are often operated in a regime which excludes unconditional security, or even in a regime in which insecurity can be proven. We shall describe here the basics of quantum key distribution, provide an overview of the main ideas that lead to a proof of its unconditional security, and discuss the insecurity of practical quantum key distribution to long distances. The above review will be undertaken with a special emphasis on the role of the polarization of photons. Finally, we shall briefly touch on the importance of photons and their polarization degree of freedom in recent proposals for small-scale optical quantum computing.

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Tal Mor "Alice, Bob, and Eve in quantumland: from the polarization of photons to quantum information processing", Proc. SPIE 5888, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing II, 588817 (18 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620266

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