Gilles Van Assche, Gilles Van Assche

Quantum Cryptography and Secret-Key Distillation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This self-contained 2006 text introduces the principles and techniques of quantum cryptography, with specific focus on secret-key distillation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781107410633
• ISBN-10: 1107410630
• Artikelnr.: 36198894

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Classical cryptography
3. Information theory
4. Quantum information theory
5. Cryptosystems based on quantum key distribution
6. General results on secret-key distillation
7. Privacy amplification using hash functions
8. Reconciliation
9. Non-binary reconciliation
10. The BB84 protocol
11. Protocols with continuous variables
12. Security analysis of quantum key distribution
Appendix 1. Symbols and abbreviations.