Quantum cryptography based on wheeler's delayed choice experiment

1995/08/09 by M. Ardehali
Computer Science · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #BB84 #Computer science #Computer security #Cryptographic protocol #Cryptography #Encryption #Key distribution #Medicine #Photon #Physics #Protocol (science) #Public-key cryptography #Quantum #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum cryptography #Quantum information #Quantum key distribution #Quantum mechanics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0375-9601(96)00368-4

4 pages, LaTeX file, no figures

arxiv created 1995/08/09 · openalex publication_date 1996/07/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We describe a cryptographic protocol in which Wheeler's delayed choice experiment is used to generate the key distribution. The protocol, which uses photons polarized only along one axis, is secure against general attacks.

Citations

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