Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Provably secure quantum key distribution By applying quantum gate Subject The topic of the resource Authentication; Hadamard gate; QKD; Quantum cryptography; Qubits Description An account of the resource The need for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is strengthening due to its inalienable principles of quantum mechanics. QKD commences when sender transforms bits into qubits or quantum states by applying photon polarization and sends to the receiver. The qubits are altered when measured in incorrect polarization and cannot be reproduced according to quantum mechanics principles. BB84 protocol is the primary QKD protocol announced in 1984. This paper introduces a new regime of secure QKD using Hadamard quantum gate named as PVK16 QKD protocol. Applying quantum gate to QKD makes tangle to the eavesdroppers to measure the qubits. For a given length of key, it is shown that the error rate is negligible. Also, the authentication procedure using digital certificates prior to QKD is being performed which confers assurance that the communicating entities are legitimate users. It is used as a defensive mechanism on man in the middle attack. The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Padmavathi V.; Vishnu Vardhan B.; Krishna A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Network Security, Vol-20, No. 1, pp. 88-94. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Femto Technique Co., Ltd. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.6633/IJNS.201801.20(1).10" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.6633/IJNS.201801.20(1).10</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053232401&amp;doi=10.6633%2FIJNS.201801.20%281%29.10&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=90c0897f175fe5f7b7eddcd9723b382a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053232401&amp;doi=10.6633%2fIJNS.201801.20%281%29.10&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=90c0897f175fe5f7b7eddcd9723b382a</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 1816353X Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Padmavathi V., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Vishnu Vardhan B., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, JNTUH College of Engineering Karimnagar, Telangana, India; Krishna A., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Christ University Bengaluru, Karnataka, India