Efficient room-temperature molecular single-photon sources for quantum key distribution

Efficient room-temperature molecular single-photon sources for quantum key distribution Quantum key distribution (QKD) allows the distribution of cryptographic keys between multiple users in an information-theoretic secure way, exploiting quantum physics. While current QKD systems are mainly based on attenuated laser pulses, deterministic single-photon sources could give concrete advantages in terms of secret key rate (SKR) and security owing to the negligible probability of multi-photon events...