Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Cryptography (QC)
- QKD is an example of quantum cryptography
- https://www.nist.gov/cybersecurity/what-quantum-cryptography
- Still not recommended by NSA
- Based on quantum mechanics principles:
- Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
- No Cloning Theorem
- Quantum Entanglement
Simulation:
https://lab.quantumflytrap.com/lab/bb84?mode=waves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB84
What is Quantum Key Distribution?
https://medium.com/quantum-untangled/quantum-key-distribution-and-bb84-protocol-6f03cc6263c5
https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/59066/understanding-quantum-key-distribution
[1] S.-K. Liao et al., “Satellite-to-ground quantum key distribution,” Nature, vol. 549, no. 7670, pp. 43–47, Sep. 2017, doi: 10.1038/nature23655.