Quantum Cryptography and Secret-Key Distillation

Klappentext This self-contained 2006 text introduces the principles and techniques of quantum cryptography, with specific focus on secret-key distillation. Zusammenfassung This self-contained 2006 text introduces the principles and techniques of quantum cryptography! with specific focus on secret-key distillation. With its blend of fundamental theory! implementation techniques! and details of recent protocols! this book will be of interest to graduate students! researchers! and practitioners in electrical engineering! physics! and computer science. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Classical cryptography; 3. Information theory; 4. Quantum information theory; 5. Cryptosystems based on quantum key distribution; 6. General results on secret-key distillation; 7. Privacy amplification using hash functions; 8. Reconciliation; 9. Non-binary reconciliation; 10. The BB84 protocol; 11. Protocols with continuous variables; 12. Security analysis of quantum key distribution; Appendix 1. Symbols and abbreviations.

Product details

• Authors: Gilles van Assche, Gilles Van Assche
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2012
• EAN: 9781107410633
• ISBN: 978-1-107-41063-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Signals & Signal Processing, Electrical Engineering, Coding theory & cryptology, Applied physics, Data encryption, Electronics & Communications Engineering, Coding theory and cryptology