Distribution of quantum keys over commercial networks

[EN]Modern cryptography – as it was conceived – is under a threat by the development of quantum mechanics applications. The abilities of quantum computers for solving complex mathematical problems, as a strong computational novelty, is the root of that risk. The main challenge is to find commercial...

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Autor: García Cobo, Iván
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/144150
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/144150
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Modern cryptography
Quantum cryptography
Quantum key exchange
Quantum key distribution
QKD
1203.17 Informática
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Sumario:[EN]Modern cryptography – as it was conceived – is under a threat by the development of quantum mechanics applications. The abilities of quantum computers for solving complex mathematical problems, as a strong computational novelty, is the root of that risk. The main challenge is to find commercial exploits of quantum properties and developments, following these directions for both, theoretic and test tube environments. This work proposes a pilot experiment that implements a quantum communication system on a commercial fiber optic network, covering an area of almost 100,000 km2.