Quantum Cryptography—A Simplified Undergraduate Experiment and Simulation
Yuval Bloom, Ilai Fields, Alona Maslennikov, Georgi Gary Rozenman
Abstract
Quantum cryptography is a topic of considerable interest. A simple and robust experiment and theory for a senior level undergraduate investigation of quantum key distribution are described. In the proposed experiment, key principles from the BB84 protocol, used in quantum cryptography, are emulated using an optical apparatus and computational scripts independently.
Topics & Concepts
BB84Quantum cryptographyQuantum key distributionCryptographyComputer scienceKey (lock)Neural cryptographyProtocol (science)Scripting languageSimple (philosophy)Theoretical computer scienceQuantum computerQuantumEncryptionComputer engineeringPublic-key cryptographyQuantum informationComputer securityPhysicsQuantum mechanicsOperating systemMedicinePhilosophyEpistemologyAlternative medicinePathologyQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum Mechanics and Applications