Abstract
While modern communication systems pose a high standard of security using state-of-the-art encryption techniques based on computational hardness problems, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers a unique advantage using the laws of quantum mechanics. A secret key is shared between two parties, using quantum states of light over a quantum channel. Due to the quantum nature of the states, any interception or other way of eavesdropping will manifest in the distortion of the quantum state resulting in a change of accessible parameters. Whenever such a change of parameters is noticed, the shared key is marked unsecure and hashed down largely or, in the worst case, discarded.
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