Tools for bringing Quantum Communication to Optical Networks

将量子通信引入光网络的工具

• 批准号: 341495-2012
• 负责人: Lutkenhaus, Norbert
• 金额: $ 3.06万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=527332
• 关键词: Tools; bringing; Quantum; Communication; Optical

Quantum Communication uses quantum mechanics to solve communication tasks. Some of these tasks cannot be achieved by classical communication. The prominent example for this is Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) which creates secret key at distant locations, thus allowing provable secret communication. Other tasks can be solved more efficiently the quantum way. There are interesting applications in the literature that could run on an ideal quantum communication network. However, it is not known how to run most of the applications on the limited quantum-enabled communication networks that are available to us in the short and medium term.

量子通信使用量子力学来解决通信任务。这些任务中有一些是经典交流无法完成的。最突出的例子是量子密钥分发(QKD)，它在遥远的位置创建秘密密钥，从而允许可证明的秘密通信。其他任务可以通过量子方式更有效地解决。文献中有一些有趣的应用，可以在理想的量子通信网络上运行。然而，在短期和中期内，我们还不知道如何在有限的量子通信网络上运行大多数应用程序。