Analysis of coherent quantum cryptography protocol vulnerability to an active beam-splitting attack
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D.A. Kronberg, 2 E.O. Kiktenko, 4 A.K. Fedorov, 6, 7 and Y.V. Kurochkin Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia Theoretical Department, DEPHAN, Skolkovo, Moscow 143025, Russia Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow 105005, Russia Russian Quantum Center, Skolkovo, Moscow 143025, Russia Acronis Ltd, Moscow 127566, Russia LPTMS, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France (Dated: July 18, 2017)
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