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US 2012/0269345 A1Published application
Integrated circuit (ic) card
OwnerMasakazu Ukita, Yohei Kawamoto +1inventors
InventorsMasakazu Ukita, Yohei Kawamoto, Yu Tanaka
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Abstract
There is provided an integrated circuit (IC) card including a modulating unit that modulates an optical pulse and outputs the modulated optical pulse to a quantum communication path, a communication unit that performs classical communication via a classical communication path, and a control unit that changes a modulation state of the optical pulse, performs quantum communication, and generates a common key based on the classical communication of information according to a communication result of the quantum communication.
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An IC card, comprising:
- a modulating unit that modulates an optical pulse and outputs the modulated optical pulse to a quantum communication path;
- a communication unit that performs classical communication via a classical communication path;
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- a control unit that changes a modulation state of the optical pulse, performs quantum communication, and generates a common key based on the classical communication of information according to a communication result of the quantum communication.
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