Quantum-Secure Authentication (IMAGE)

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Quantum-Secure Authentication

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A team of researchers from the Netherlands has harnessed the power of quantum mechanics to create a fraud-proof method for authenticating a physical 'key' that is virtually impossible to thwart.

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The Optical Society (OSA) and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Complex Photonic Systems Department of the University of Twente

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