• DocumentCode
    2882353
  • Title

    Attacking quantum key distribution with single-photon two-qubit quantum logic

  • Author

    Shapiro, Jeffrey H. ; Wong, Franco N C

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The Fuchs-Peres-Brandt (FPB) probe realizes the most powerful individual attack on BB84 quantum key distribution. A physical simulation of the FPB-probe attack using single-photon two-qubit quantum logic is described.
  • Keywords
    optical logic; quantum optics; BB84 quantum key distribution; FPB-probe attack; Fuchs-Peres-Brandt probe; single-photon two-qubit quantum logic; Error probability; Laboratories; Logic; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical retarders; Parametric statistics; Photonics Society; Polarization; Probes; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (270.0270) Quantum optics; (270.5290) Photon statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628906
  • Filename
    4628906