Reference
Sources and coverage
What came from your files, what was added, and where to verify.
Coverage map
This site is built from the 20 files you uploaded and extended where they did not cover a topic.
| Topic | From your files | Added or extended |
|---|---|---|
| QKD protocols (BB84, B92, E91, MDI, TF, DI) | Yes | SARG04, six-state, BBM92, COW, DPS, CV-QKD, semi-quantum, counterfactual, comparison table |
| QKD security and attacks | Yes (PNS, side channels, post-processing) | Proof landscape, finite-key, composability, authentication, attack table |
| Photonic hardware | Beam splitters, HOM, BSM, free-space | Sources, detectors, fibre/free-space channels, integrated photonics, memories |
| QKD networks | Yes (routing, TRN placement, ML) | Architectures, key management, deployments |
| Quantum communication | Partial (entanglement, free-space) | Teleportation, superdense coding, swapping, PLOB, repeaters, quantum internet |
| Other quantum cryptography | Review only | QRNG, secret sharing, signatures, no-go theorems, coin flipping, QPQ, money |
| Post-quantum cryptography | ML-DSA-44 | ML-KEM, SLH-DSA, FN-DSA, HQC, hybrids, migration, QKD vs PQC |
| Classical cryptography | RSA, DLP, Miller–Rabin, Shor | Grover, symmetric impact, HNDL, Mosca inequality |
Your uploaded files
- Quantum Cryptography (Shenoy-Hejamadi, Pathak, Radhakrishna; Quanta 2017; CC BY 3.0)
Review of QKD and beyond: security, side channels, DI/MDI, secret sharing, coin flipping, QPQ, technology. - Quantum Cryptography – A Comprehensive Guide
BB84, E91, B92, decoy, DI, MDI, TF-QKD, QRNG, Cascade, privacy amplification, CV-QKD, PQC comparison. - Quantum Cryptography – Overview
Slide-style overview: threats, QKD, BB84, E91, implementations, networks. - Foundations, Mechanics, and Security Theory of QKD
BB84, E91/CHSH, Csiszár–Körner, Holevo, post-processing. - Mathematical Foundations for Securing Quantum Data
Hilbert spaces, no-cloning, quantum one-time pad, entropy, BB84 and QBER. - Quantum Communication and QKD Networks
Principles, protocols, architectures, hardware, applications. - Quantum Key Distribution Networks / (QKD) Networks (two files)
Physical layer, resource allocation, power, routing, relay placement, attacks, ML. - Photon Number Splitting (PNS) attack
Attack and countermeasures. - Photon Statistics at Beam Splitters; Quantum mechanics of a beam splitter; ALIRO white paper
Beam splitter quantum optics, HOM, BSM, frequency transduction. - Quantum Entanglement-Based Free-Space Secure Communication
Free-space E91 links and channel model. - ML-DSA-44 notes (PDF and LaTeX)
Lattice signature algorithm, parameters, keygen/sign/verify. - Understanding RSA with Small Numbers; Discrete Logarithm Problem; Classical Primality and Miller–Rabin; Miller–Rabin vs Shor
Classical cryptography foundations and the quantum threat. - Entropy and joint distribution exercise
Worked information-theory problem.
Additional sources
- NIST IR 8547, transition to post-quantum cryptography link ↗
Reported finalised 27 Oct 2026; verify the current document. - NIST IR 8547 final (news report) link ↗
Secondary report on the final timeline. - Liu et al., Twin-field QKD over 1000 km fibre, PRL 130, 210801 (2023) link ↗
1002 km, 0.0034 bit/s. - Micius satellite results (USTC / Design World) link ↗
Satellite QKD over ~1200 km. - Jinan-1 microsatellite (Nature 640, 2025; report) link ↗
Compact QKD satellite with real-time distillation. - Wehner, Elkouss, Hanson, Quantum internet: a vision for the road ahead, Science 362 (2018)
Stages of a quantum internet. - Pirandola et al., Fundamental limits of repeaterless quantum communications, Nat. Commun. 8 (2017)
PLOB bound. - Shor–Preskill 2000; Lo–Chau 1999; Mayers 2001; Lo, Curty, Qi 2012; Lucamarini et al. 2018
Primary QKD papers. - FIPS 203, 204, 205 (NIST, 2024) link ↗
Post-quantum standards.
Accuracy noteStandards status and records change. Items marked “reported” rely on secondary sources and should be checked against NIST, ETSI and the original papers. The site is an educational reference, not security advice for deployed systems.