Guia docente 2023_24 Escuela de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Introduction to cryptography	1.1. Encryption and authentication of information. 1.2. Classic symmetric key cryptography. One-time-pad scheme. 1.3. Classic public-key and post-quantum cryptography.
2. Quantum cryptography	2.1. Quantum key distribution. 2.2. Security fundamentals.
3. Quantum key distribution protocols	3.1. Prepare-and-measure protocols. 3.2. Protocols based on entanglement and photonic interference. 3.3. Protocols based on continuous variables. 3.4. Data post-processing schemes.
4. Security of quantum key distribution protocols	4.1. Individual, collective and coherent attacks. 4.2. Asymptotic regime and finite regime. 4.3. Security definition. Composability.
5. Technological implementations	5.1. Main experimental platforms. 5.2. Limitations on the secret key generation rate. Photon-number-splitting attack. 5.3. Decoy states.
6. Other quantum communication protocols	6.1. Teleportation. 6.2. Dense coding. 6.3. Bit commitment. 6.4. Quantum radar.