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Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 145–195 (2002)

Quantum cryptography

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Nicolas Gisin, Grégoire Ribordy, Wolfgang Tittel, and Hugo Zbinden
Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

Published 8 March 2002

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.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.74.145
DOI:
10.1103/RevModPhys.74.145
PACS:
03.67.Dd, 01.30.Rr