Advances in quantum cryptography

S Pirandola, UL Andersen, L Banchi… - Advances in optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Quantum cryptography is arguably the fastest growing area in quantum information science.
Novel theoretical protocols are designed on a regular basis, security proofs are constantly …

Continuous-variable quantum repeater based on quantum scissors and mode multiplexing

KP Seshadreesan, H Krovi, S Guha - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Quantum repeaters are indispensable for high-rate, long-distance quantum
communications. The vision of a future quantum internet strongly hinges on realizing …

Ideal quantum teleamplification up to a selected energy cutoff using linear optics

JJ Guanzon, MS Winnel, AP Lund, TC Ralph - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We introduce a linear optical technique that can implement ideal quantum teleamplification
up to the n th Fock state, where n can be any positive integer. Here teleamplification consists …

Discrete-modulation continuous-variable quantum key distribution enhanced by quantum scissors

M Ghalaii, C Ottaviani, R Kumar… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is known that quantum scissors, as non-deterministic amplifiers, can enhance the
performance of Gaussian-modulated continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV …

Long-distance continuous-variable quantum key distribution with feasible physical noiseless linear amplifiers

MN Notarnicola, S Olivares - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Noiseless linear amplifiers (NLAs) provide a powerful tool to achieve long-distance
continuous-variable (CV) quantum key distribution (QKD) in the presence of realistic setups …

Generalized quantum scissors for noiseless linear amplification

MS Winnel, N Hosseinidehaj, TC Ralph - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We generalize the concept of optical state truncation and noiseless linear amplification to
enable truncation of the Fock-state expansion of an optical state to higher order and to …

Continuous-variable entanglement distillation over a pure loss channel with multiple quantum scissors

KP Seshadreesan, H Krovi, S Guha - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Entanglement distillation is a key primitive for distributing high-quality entanglement
between remote locations. Probabilistic noiseless linear amplification based on the quantum …

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution over multispan links employing phase-insensitive and phase-sensitive amplifiers

MN Notarnicola, F Cieciuch, M Jarzyna - New Journal of Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Transmission losses through optical fibers are one of the main obstacles preventing both
long-distance quantum communications and continuous-variable quantum key distribution …

Phase-reference-intensity attack on continuous-variable quantum key distribution with a local local oscillator

Y Shao, Y Li, H Wang, Y Pan, Y Pi, Y Zhang, W Huang… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
In practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution system using local local oscillator
(LLO CV-QKD), the phase noise related to coherent detection and phase-reference pulse …

Noiseless linear amplification in quantum target detection using Gaussian states

A Karsa, M Ghalaii, S Pirandola - Quantum Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum target detection aims to utilise quantum technologies to achieve performances in
target detection not possible through purely classical means. Quantum illumination is an …