Quantum amplifiers, quantum duplicators and quantum cryptography

被引:90
作者
Yuen, HP
机构
[1] Dept. of Elec. Eng. and Comp. Sci., Northwestern University, Evanston
来源
QUANTUM AND SEMICLASSICAL OPTICS | 1996年 / 8卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1088/1355-5111/8/4/015
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Several methods for eavesdropping on the standard four coherent-state quantum cryptosystem together with a possible countermeasure are analysed and found to place a limit on the tolerable energy disadvantage of the users as compared to the eavesdropper. The possible significant role of the photon-number amplifier and the photon-number duplicator is indicated.
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页码:939 / 949
页数:11
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