Title :
Quantum key agreement
Author :
Van Dijk, Marten ; Koppelaar, Arie
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Belgium
Abstract :
We consider quantum key agreement between two users Alice and Bob in which an eavesdropper Eve intercepts and resends photons. We show how Alice and Bob attain a probabilistic upper bound on Eve´s knowledge
Keywords :
probability; quantum cryptography; eavesdropper; probabilistic upper bound; quantum key agreement; quantum transmission; Ear; Error probability; Ice; Laboratories; Law; Legal factors; Polarization; Quantum computing; Random sequences; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5000-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1998.708955
