Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) offers an exciting avenue for future encryption research, but it shouldn't be implemented prematurely.

Powerful quantum computers can break today’s encryption methods, jeopardizing the security of our private communications. But with quantum key distribution, an encryption mechanism that uses ...

Qube, a German cubesat is preparing to test quantum key generation and distribution via optical link.

In a paper published in National Science Review, scientists demonstrate quantum key distribution using a room-temperature GaN-based single-photon source directly emitting in the telecom band in a ...