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View SchemaAttacking quantum key distribution with single-photon two-qubit quantum logic
| Authors | Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Franco N. C. Wong |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0508051 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508051 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.012315 |
Abstract
The Fuchs-Peres-Brandt (FPB) probe realizes the most powerful individual attack on Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum key distribution (BB84 QKD) by means of a single controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate. This paper describes a complete physical simulation of the FPB-probe attack on polarization-based BB84 QKD using a deterministic CNOT constructed from single-photon two-qubit quantum logic. Adding polarization-preserving quantum nondemolition measurements of photon number to this configuration converts the physical simulation into a true deterministic realization of the FPB attack.
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