Reviews of Modern Physics · 2002 · 8.4K citations · 173 references
ComputingPhysicsCryptographyQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsQuantum BitsQuantum CommunicationQuantum ComputationQuantum CryptographyQuantum DynamicsQuantum Information TheoryOpen QuestionsQuantum Key DistributionQuantum Mechanics Modeling
Quantum cryptography could well be the first application of quantum mechanics at the single-quantum level. The rapid progress in both theory and experiment in recent years is reviewed, with emphasis on open questions and technological issues.
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