Countermeasures Against Blinding Attack on Superconducting Nanowire Detectors for QKD

Nowadays, the superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPDs) are used in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) instead of single-photon avalanche photodiodes. Recently bright-light control of the SSPD has been demonstrated. This attack employed a “backdoor” in the detector biasing technique. We developed...

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Main Authors: Elezov M.S., Ozhegov R.V., Kurochkin Y.V., Goltsman G.N., Makarov V.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2015-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201510310002