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FYI: 3 qubits encrypted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael_Heyman@NAI.com)
Wed Mar 31 21:22:34 2004
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:22:12 -0500
From: <Michael_Heyman@NAI.com>
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Apparently, it is as hard (or harder) to produce random qubits as random
bits. There are some sentences in this article that don't make sense so
I am guessing the author doesn't really understand the subject.
From:
<http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/011404/Quantum_dice_debut_011404.htm
l>
...random operators would be useful for quantum=20
communications tasks like encryption, said Emerson.=20
"The idea is to randomize a specific configuration of=20
qubits containing the message, and then transmit this=20
randomized state," he said...The researchers tested the=20
method on a three-qubit prototype liquid nuclear=20
magnetic resonance (NMR) quantum computer.=20
-Michael Heyman
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