DocumentCode :
3446423
Title :
Cryptography in the quantum world
Author :
Crépeau, Claude
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
fYear :
1999
fDate :
1999
Firstpage :
40
Abstract :
We survey a number of results concerning transmission of quantum information secretly. First of all, we present the basic concepts of quantum information and the rules guiding it. Then we consider quantum teleportation which is the quantum equivalent of the classical one-time-pad, showing the possibility of transmission of perfectly secret quantum messages as long as the users have exchanged a (quantum) secret key before end of a special Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen type. Then we consider quantum cryptography, a technique used to secretly exchange a cryptographic key using the uncertainty principle to determine the amount of tempering on the communication. We unveil a technique known as entanglement purification that publicly allows amplification of the privacy of a random secret key. Combined with quantum cryptography this technique allows users to exchange EPR particles publicly and purify them after tempering of an adversary in order to transmit secret information through teleportation. Finally, the quantum equivalent of Shamir´s secret sharing is presented
Keywords :
public key cryptography; quantum cryptography; EPR particles; Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen type; Shamir´s secret sharing; cryptographic key; cryptography; entanglement purification; perfectly secret quantum messages; quantum cryptography; quantum teleportation; quantum world; random secret key; secret key; tempering; transmission of quantum information; uncertainty principle; Analog computers; Broadcasting; Computer science; Cryptography; Data mining; Paramagnetic resonance; Physics computing; Privacy; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory and Networking Workshop, 1999
Conference_Location :
Metsovo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5954-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ITNW.1999.814350
Filename :
814350
Link To Document :
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