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  title info:
    title: Quantum Key Distribution
    sub title: An Introduction with Exercises
  name:
    name part: Wolf, Ramona.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: sz
    date issued: 2021
    edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (XI, 229 pages 56 illustrations, 31 illustrations in color.)
  abstract: This textbook introduces the non-specialist reader to the concepts of quantum key distribution and presents an overview of state-of-the-art quantum communication protocols and applications. The field of quantum cryptography has advanced rapidly in the previous years, not least because with the age of quantum computing drawing closer, traditional encryption methods are at risk. The textbook presents the necessary mathematical tools without assuming much background, making it accessible to readers without experience in quantum information theory. In particular, the topic of classical and quantum entropies is presented in great detail. Furthermore, the author discusses the different types of quantum key distribution protocols and explains several tools for proving the security of these protocols. In addition, a number of applications of quantum key distribution are discussed, demonstrating its value to state-of-the-art cryptography and communication. This book leads the reader through the mathematical background with a variety of worked-out examples and exercises. It is primarily targeted at graduate students and advanced undergraduates in theoretical physics. The presented material is largely self-contained and only basic knowledge in quantum mechanics and linear algebra is required.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Mathematical Tools -- Information and Entropies -- Quantum Key Distribution Protocols -- Security Analysis -- Device-Independent QKD -- Recent Developments in Practical QKD.
  note: by Ramona Wolf.
  subject:
    topic: Quantum physics
  subject:
    topic: Data structures (Computer science)
  subject:
    topic: Computer security
  subject:
    topic: Quantum Physics
  subject:
    topic: Data Structures and Information Theory
  subject:
    topic: Systems and Data Security
  classification: QC173.96-174.52
  classification: 530.12
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer Nature eBook
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Lecture Notes in Physics, 988
  identifier: 9783030739911
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  record info:
    record creation date: 210804
    record change date: 20230330185013.2
    record identifier: in00004417012