Quantum cryptography record broken
April 22, 2006
By John E. Dunn, Techworld
Scientists have reported an important speed breakthrough which brings closer the day when quantum encryption becomes a usable part of communications security.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a US government agency, has reported that it has managed to shift quantum-encrypted information at a “raw” throughput of 4 million bits per second across a 1 km-long fiber link.
This is at least twice NIST’s previous record, which has been rising since the agency announced it had broken the 1 million bits per second barrier in May 2004.
Source: http://www.techworld.com/
Scientists have reported an important speed breakthrough which brings closer the day when quantum encryption becomes a usable part of communications security.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a US government agency, has reported that it has managed to shift quantum-encrypted information at a “raw” throughput of 4 million bits per second across a 1 km-long fiber link.
This is at least twice NIST’s previous record, which has been rising since the agency announced it had broken the 1 million bits per second barrier in May 2004.
Source: http://www.techworld.com/