Distributing Secret Keys with Quantum Continuous Variables: Principle, Security and Implementations

@article{Diamanti2015DistributingSK,
  title={Distributing Secret Keys with Quantum Continuous Variables: Principle, Security and Implementations},
  author={Eleni Diamanti and Anthony Leverrier},
  journal={Entropy},
  year={2015},
  volume={17},
  pages={6072-6092}
}
The ability to distribute secret keys between two parties with information-theoretic security, that is regardless of the capacities of a malevolent eavesdropper, is one of the most celebrated results in the field of quantum information processing and communication. Indeed, quantum key distribution illustrates the power of encoding information on the quantum properties of light and has far-reaching implications in high-security applications. Today, quantum key distribution systems operate in… 
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