Quantum communication

Quantum physics allows one to produce truly random bits. Moreover, it allows one to distribute them in such a way that one can certify their privacy before eventually using them for cryptography applications. Quantum Random Number generators (QRNG) and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) have found a few niche markets. Today, some commercial clients use QKD continuously 24×7 a week. In this workshop world specialists will talk about reliability tests in quantum networks; about quantum hacking, its importance and limitations, and its role in classical and quantum cryptography; about high rate and about low cost QKD systems; about free space quantum communication; and about future quantum repeaters for continental scale quantum communication.