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A classical attack on the coherent one way protocol for quantum key distribution

Quantum Physics 2020-04-02 v2

Abstract

We propose a way to retrieve the secure key generated by the coherent one way protocol without reading the information transmitted on the quantum channel.

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@article{arxiv.2003.07198,
  title  = {A classical attack on the coherent one way protocol for quantum key distribution},
  author = {Michail Stoilov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.07198},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, LaTeX, 1 figure. References added

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