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Quantum communication is the most advanced area of quantum information processing and quantum computing. This is where the most fundamental features of quantum mechanics are only a short step away from spectacular practical applications. We have already seen two such applications: dense coding and teleportation. In this chapter we shall deal with what is arguably the most successful area of all of quantum information and quantum computing: quantum cryptography.
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Bergou, J.A., Hillery, M. (2013). Quantum Cryptography. In: Introduction to the Theory of Quantum Information Processing. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7092-2_6
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