199 citations · 200 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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quant-ph2007★ 199 cited
Controlling passively-quenched single photon detectors by bright light
Vadim Makarov
Single photon detectors based on passively-quenched avalanche photodiodes can be temporarily blinded by relatively bright light, of intensity less than a nanowatt. I describe a bri…
quant-ph2007★ 1 cited
Faked states attack using detector efficiency mismatch on SARG04, phase-time, DPSK, and Ekert protocols
Vadim Makarov, Johannes Skaar
In quantum cryptosystems, variations in detector efficiency can be exploited to stage a successful attack. This happens when the efficiencies of Bob's two detectors are different f…
quant-ph2005
Effects of detector efficiency mismatch on security of quantum cryptosystems
Vadim Makarov, Andrey Anisimov, Johannes Skaar
We suggest a type of attack on quantum cryptosystems that exploits variations in detector efficiency as a function of a control parameter accessible to an eavesdropper. With gated…