quantum cryptography

British  

noun

1. a method of coding information based on quantum mechanics, which is said to be unbreakable

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Example Sentences

Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work, which dates back to 1984, is known as quantum cryptography and has "redefined secure communication and computing", the award's body said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

According to Bitzenbauer, this approach opens the door to modern quantum technologies, be it quantum cryptography or quantum computing.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics goes to scientists from France, the United States, and Austria whose work laid the foundation for quantum cryptography and quantum computing.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2022

For example, Canada keeps its census data secret for 92 years, a term that only quantum cryptography can assure.

From Nature • Nov. 18, 2018

Aside from testing the quantum qualities of light across unprecedented distances, Villoresi notes that quantum physics experiments conducted across space could help lead to satellite-based telecommunications networks protected by nigh-unhackable quantum cryptography.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2017