project:quantum_cryptography
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Hacking photons
The aim of this project is to explore the quantum communication and computing, especially quantum cryptography.
Goals
- To design and build a DIY platform for single photon emission and detection; as cheap and simple as possible
- Photon polarization control and measurements
- Demonstrating as much as can be done with the hardware:
truequantum level pseudo-random number generator, quantum secured communication, error correction codes, … - Spotting, exploiting and patching hardware vulnerabilities
- Finding security bugs and vulnerabilities in quantum physics and patching the universe
Motto
“Will argue about particle-wave duality for food.” — txrxlabs
Status and Roadmap
- Status: The founder has left hackerspace, the project is available for adoption.
- TODO: Realistic project proposal
Proposed hardware
- Source: highly attenuated short-pulsed laser
- Detector: avalanche photodiode, Hamamatsu R3788 Photomultiplier Tube (PMTs) 185-750nm
Inspiration
Resources
- Single photon detection using avalanche photodiode, master thesis by Torbjoern Nesheim
- Experiments with single photons , PDF, Philippe Grangier on Séminaire Poincaré, 2005
- Progress Through Photonics, PDF, Winfried Reeb, Laser Components GmbH
- Quantum hacking group, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Laboratoř kvantové optiky, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc
project/quantum_cryptography.txt · Last modified: 2011/08/31 17:35 by biiter