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Quantum scheme for an optimal attack on quantum key distribution protocol BB84

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A quantum scheme for an optimal attack on protocol BB84, the most studied protocol of quantum cryptography, is constructed. The physical implementation of this scheme on the basis of linear fiber-optical elements and the two-particle “controlled NOT” quantum transformation is proposed.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya ul. 2, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

    S. N. Molotkov

  2. Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 103025, Russia

    S. N. Molotkov

  3. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Kronberg, S.N. Molotkov, 2010, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2010, Vol. 74, No. 7, pp. 954–960.

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Kronberg, D.A., Molotkov, S.N. Quantum scheme for an optimal attack on quantum key distribution protocol BB84. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 74, 912–918 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873810070051

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