Quantum key distribution protocols with high rates and low costs

In the age of information explosion, there is huge amount of information generated every second. Some of the information generated, for example news, is supposed to be shared by public and anyone in the world can get a copy of it. However, sometimes, information is only supposed to be maintain private or only shared by a given group of people. In the latter case, information protection becomes very important. There are various ways to protect information. One of the technical ways is cryptography, which is an area of interest for mathematicians, computer scientists and physicists. As a new area in cryptography, physical layer security has been paid great attention recently. Quantum key distribution is a hot research topic for physical layer security in the two decades. This thesis focuses on two quantum key distribution protocols that can potentially increase the key generation rate and lower the cost. On protocol is based on amplified spontaneous emission as signal source and the other one is based on discretely signaled continuous variable quantum communication. The security analysis and experimental implementation issues for both protocols are discussed.

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Georgia Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Zhang, Zheshen

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Voss, Paul L.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Abdallah Ougazzaden
• David Citrin

• Quantum key distribution
• Quantum communication
• Quantum information

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28240

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.gatech.edu:1853/28240