Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing

C Couteau, S Barz, T Durt, T Gerrits, J Huwer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In the context of quantum technologies, the generation and manipulation of single photons
has become a key element for applications such as quantum communication and quantum …

Quantum dots for photonic quantum information technology

T Heindel, JH Kim, N Gregersen, A Rastelli… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The generation, manipulation, storage, and detection of single photons play a central role in
emerging photonic quantum information technology. Individual photons serve as flying …

Security of underwater and air–water wireless communication: State-of-the-art, challenges and outlook

W Aman, S Al-Kuwari, M Muzzammil, MMU Rahman… - Ad Hoc Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
The technologies used in underwater and air–water (A–W) wireless communication
networks (WCN) are increasingly attracting attention due to numerous modern applications …

Advancing hexagonal boron nitride single photon sources: A strategic roadmap for quantum applications

A Boretti, J Blackledge, S Castelletto - Materials Science in Semiconductor …, 2025 - Elsevier
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), has shown great promise as a single-photon source (SPS).
However, progress has been largely confined to early-stage research, focused on identifying …

Single-photon blockade in a hybrid optomechanical system involving two qubits in the presence of phononic number and coherent states

M Rastegarzadeh, MK Tavassoly… - Quantum Information …, 2023 - Springer
Single-photon generation sources have gained a prime importance in quantum information
science and technologies. In this regard, serious efforts have been recently performed in the …

Concrete quantum cryptanalysis of binary elliptic curves via addition chain

R Taguchi, A Takayasu - Cryptographers' Track at the RSA Conference, 2023 - Springer
Thus far, several papers reported concrete resource estimates of Shor's quantum algorithm
for solving the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP). In this paper, we study …

Improving few-photon optomechanical effects with coherent feedback

Y Wei, X Wang, B **ong, C Zhao, J Liu, C Shan - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Few-photon effects such as photon blockade and tunneling have potential applications in
modern quantum technology. To enhance the few-photon effects in an optomechanical …

Robust parallel laser driving of quantum dots for multiplexing of quantum light sources

A Ramachandran, GR Wilbur, R Mathew, A Mason… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Deterministic sources of quantum light (ie single photons or pairs of entangled photons) are
required for a whole host of applications in quantum technology, including quantum …

Underwater and Air-Water Wireless Communication: State-of-the-art, Channel Characteristics, Security, and Open Problems

W Aman, S Al-Kuwari, A Kumar, MMU Rahman… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We present a first detailed survey on underwater and air-water (AW) wireless
communication networks (WCNs) that mainly focuses on the security challenges and the …

A Survey on Post-Quantum Cryptography: State-of-the-Art and Challenges

M Alvarado, L Gayler, A Seals, T Wang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The paper explains that post-quantum cryptography is necessary due to the introduction of
quantum computing causing certain algorithms to be broken. We analyze the different types …