Overview
- Comprehensive book on data transmission security
- Specifics: real-life quantum cryptography
- Combines basics, data processing and attack strategies
- Useful reference to researchers and graduate students alike
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 797)
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Using the quantum properties of single photons to exchange binary keys between two partners for subsequent encryption of secret data is an absolutely novel te- nology. Only a few years ago quantum cryptography – or better Quantum Key Distribution – was the domain of basic research laboratories at universities. But during the last few years things changed. Quantum Key Distribution or QKD left the laboratories and was picked up by more practical-oriented teams that worked hard to develop a practically applicable technology out of the astonishing results of basic research. One major milestone toward a QKD technology was a large research and dev- opment project funded by the European Commission that aimed at combining qu- tum physics with complementary technologies that are necessary to create a tech- cal solution: electronics, software, and network components were added within the project SECOQC (Development of a Global Network for Secure Communication based on Quantum Cryptography) that teamed up all expertise on European level to get a technology for future cryptography.
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“This book is an interesting collection of survey papers on QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) by ten authors. QKD is a new technology attracting a high level of attention today worldwide. This book can serve as a reference to understand the state of the art of QKD and how to implement it in standard communication infrastructure.” (Jon-Lark Kim, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 a)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applied Quantum Cryptography
Editors: Christian Kollmitzer, Mario Pivk
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04831-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-04829-6Published: 28 February 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26267-8Published: 04 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-04831-9Published: 05 April 2010
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 230
Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cryptology, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Mathematical and Computational Engineering