Scheuer, Jacob and Yariv, Amnon (2006) Giant Fiber Lasers: A New Paradigm for Secure Key Distribution. Physical Review Letters, 97 (14). Art. No. 140502. ISSN 0031-9007 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:SCHEprl06b
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Abstract
We propose and analyze a new concept for secure key distribution based on establishing laser oscillations between the sender and receiver. Compared to quantum mechanics based systems, our scheme allows for significantly higher key-establishing rates and longer ranges. By properly designing the laser structure, it is possible to increase the difficulty of eavesdropping almost arbitrarily, thus making our scheme an intriguing alternative and a complementary technology to quantum key-distribution systems.
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| Additional Information: | ©2006 The American Physical Society (Received 27 April 2006; published 6 October 2006) A.Y. thanks the National Science Foundation, AFSOR, and the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency for supporting the research. |
| Subject Keywords: | quantum cryptography; fiber lasers |
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:SCHEprl06b |
| Persistent URL: | http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:SCHEprl06b |
| Alternative URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.140502 |
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| ID Code: | 5655 |
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| Deposited On: | 27 Oct 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2012 09:14 |
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