The end of the code war?

Reports on research discussed at the June 2001 International Conference on Quantum Information. Details of the study by physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratories in New Mexico about the use of quantum-mechanical properties to transmit messages through the open air in complete secrecy; Referen...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 359; no. 8227; pp. 75 - 77
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Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 6/23/2001 - 6/29/2001
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Sumario:Reports on research discussed at the June 2001 International Conference on Quantum Information. Details of the study by physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratories in New Mexico about the use of quantum-mechanical properties to transmit messages through the open air in complete secrecy; Reference to the Pretty Good Privacy software for encryption; How photons can be used as quantum keys; Implications for an earth-to-satellite quantum-crytography channel.