Passive Quantum Communication Transmitters

Passive transmitters using a linear optics network and post-selection offer intrinsic immunity against specific attacks like Trojan Horse Attacks (THA).
 


Literature

[Curty2010] Marcos Curty, Xiongfeng Ma, Bing Qi, and Tobias Moroder. "Passive decoy-state quantum key distribution with practical light sources" In: Physical Review A 81, 022310. (2010) 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.022310.
[Curty2010a] Marcos Curty, Xiongfeng Ma, Hoi-Kwong Lo, and Norbert Lutkenhaus. "Passive sources for the Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum-key-distribution protocol with practical signals" In: Phys. Rev. A, 82, 052325. (2010) 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.052325.

QID: CM-0034
Tier: T0
Type: Quantum
Tactic: Harden
Created: 2024-03-02
Updated: 2024-05-10