Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10428533 Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 2016 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
In a recent paper, a scheme of the weak measurement of the polarization state of the photon on the basis of the interferometer with two polarizing beam splitters was proposed. In the present paper, a scheme of the arrangement including several such interferometers is considered. The arrangement allows to distinguish four polarization states of the photon used in the quantum key distribution protocol BB84. With the aid of the arrangement, one may perform an intercept-resend attack on the protocol BB84.
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