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quantum cryptography

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quantum cryptography
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(Physics / Atomic Physics) a method of coding information based on quantum mechanics, which is said to be unbreakable


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Some specific topics explored include constructive codes for classical and quantum wiretap channels, fingerprint based encryption, properties of stream ciphers based on extremal directed graphs, and the optimal mean photon number for quantum cryptography.
Polten in Lower Austria, the QKD demonstration involved secure telephone communication and video-conference as well as a rerouting experiment which demonstrated the functionality of the SEcure COmmunication network based on Quantum Cryptography (SECOQC).
Austrian physicists say a breakthrough in next-generation quantum cryptography could allow encrypted messages to be bounced off satellites, the British journal Nature reported Sunday.
 
 
 
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