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Quantum cryptography

Nicolas Gisin, Grégoire Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel, and Hugo Zbinden

Nicolas Gisin, Grégoire Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel, and Hugo Zbinden

  • Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 145 – Published 8 March, 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.74.145

Abstract

Quantum cryptography could well be the first application of quantum mechanics at the single-quantum level. The rapid progress in both theory and experiment in recent years is reviewed, with emphasis on open questions and technological issues.

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