Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Experimental measurement-device-independent quantum digital signatures

  • G. L. Roberts,
  • M. Lucamarini,
  • Z. L. Yuan,
  • J. F. Dynes,
  • L. C. Comandar,
  • A. W. Sharpe,
  • A. J. Shields,
  • M. Curty,
  • I. V. Puthoor,
  • E. Andersson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01245-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Measurement-device-independent quantum digital signatures would allow a document to be signed and transferred with information-theoretic security. Here, the authors reach this goal using a reconfigurable quantum network where the central node can switch between trusted and untrusted operation.