Quantum Cryptography Explained: Principles, Technology & Optical Schemes 🔐

I introduce the basic principles of quantum cryptography, and discuss today's status of its technology, with examples of optical schemes and components. No prior knowledge of quantum mechanics is required :). This first lecture is about the basics of quantum cryptography. Lectures 2 and 3 cover quantum hacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r7B8Zpxmcw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc_cJiLFQZ0 Presentation slides of the entire lecture course can be downloaded at: Power Point (95 MiB, with videos and animations) - http://www.vad1.com/lab/presentations/Makarov-20140801-IQC-short-course.pptx PDF (14.8 MiB, static images only) - http://www.vad1.com/lab/presentations/Makarov-20140801-IQC-short-course.pdf Vadim Makarov is a research assistant professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing, heading the Quantum hacking lab - http://www.vad1.com/lab/ This course was part of a lecture series hosted by CryptoWorks21 in August 2014 in Waterloo, Canada. Find out more about IQC! Website - https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/QuantumIQC Twitter - https://twitter.com/QuantumIQC