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Quantum circuit for optimal eavesdropping in quantum key distribution using phase-time coding

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A quantum circuit is constructed for optimal eavesdropping on quantum key distribution proto- cols using phase-time coding, and its physical implementation based on linear and nonlinear fiber-optic components is proposed.

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

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  2. Academy of Cryptography of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 121552, Russia

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  3. Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Kronberg, S.N. Molotkov, 2010, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2010, Vol. 138, No. 1, pp. 33–66.

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Kronberg, D.A., Molotkov, S.N. Quantum circuit for optimal eavesdropping in quantum key distribution using phase-time coding. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 111, 27–56 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776110070046

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