Quantum Cryptography and Post-Quantum Cryptography

  1. Quantum Cryptography Principles
    1. Fundamental Concepts
      1. Information-Theoretic Security
        1. Definition and Significance
          1. Perfect Secrecy
            1. Contrast with Computational Security
            2. Quantum Security Advantages
              1. Exploiting Measurement Disturbance
                1. Exploiting No-Cloning Theorem
                  1. Eavesdropping Detection
                  2. Quantum vs Classical Information
                    1. Quantum Information Properties
                      1. Classical Information Extraction
                        1. Information Disturbance Trade-offs
                      2. Quantum Communication Channels
                        1. Quantum Channel Models
                          1. Noiseless Quantum Channels
                            1. Noisy Quantum Channels
                              1. Channel Capacity
                              2. Photonic Implementation
                                1. Photon Polarization States
                                  1. Photon Path States
                                    1. Phase Encoding
                                      1. Time-Bin Encoding
                                      2. Channel Security Analysis
                                        1. Eavesdropping Models
                                          1. Channel Authentication
                                            1. Man-in-the-Middle Prevention