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Quantum Key Distribution: from Principles to Practicalities

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We review the main protocols for key distribution based on principles of quantum mechanics, describing the general underlying ideas, discussing implementation requirements and pointing out directions of current experiments. The issue of security is addressed both from a principal and real-life point of view.

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  1. ISI, Villa Gualino, Viale Settimio Severo 65, I-10133 Torino, Italy, , , , , , IT

    Dagmar Bruß

  2. Helsinki Institute of Physics, PL 9, 00014 Helsingin yliopisto, Finland, , , , , , FI

    Norbert Lütkenhaus

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Received: October 15, 1998; revised version: June 8, 1999

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Bruß, D., Lütkenhaus, N. Quantum Key Distribution: from Principles to Practicalities. AAECC 10, 383–399 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002000050137

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