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Secure Communication Based on Quantum Noise

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Multi-photon Quantum Secure Communication

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Advantage creation through intrusion-level detection used by BB84-based QKD protocols is only one possibility permitted by quantum effects. In the early 2000s, another class of quantum cryptography protocols, called keyed communication in quantum noise (KCQ) based on quantum detection and communication theory, was proposed. A main advantage of the KCQ protocols is that they generally allow the use of hundreds or thousands of photons in a signal pulse in contrast to the nominally single photon per pulse in BB84-based QKD protocols. This chapter introduces the concept of KCQ and describes certain implementations of the KCQ protocol.

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    Pramode K. Verma

  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    Mayssaa El Rifai

  3. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    Kam Wai Clifford Chan

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Verma, P.K., El Rifai, M., Chan, K.W.C. (2019). Secure Communication Based on Quantum Noise. In: Multi-photon Quantum Secure Communication. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8618-2_4

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