quantum cryptography
noun
A technique for the encryption of transmitted information which uses quantum properties (typically the polarization or the entanglement of photons) to construct shared random cryptographic keys in such a way that any interception of the communication channel is revealed by the disturbance it causes to the quantum system.
Origin
1980s.
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