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 …

Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

F Xu, X Ma, Q Zhang, HK Lo, JW Pan - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
In principle, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information-theoretic security based on
the laws of physics. In practice, however, the imperfections of realistic devices might …

Measurement-device-independent quantum secure direct communication

ZR Zhou, YB Sheng, PH Niu, LG Yin, GL Long… - Science China Physics …, 2020 - Springer
Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) is a unique technique, which supports the
secure transmission of confidential information directly through a quantum channel without …

The evolution of quantum secure direct communication: on the road to the qinternet

D Pan, GL Long, L Yin, YB Sheng… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication security has to evolve to a higher plane in the face of the threat from the
massive computing power of the emerging quantum computers. Quantum secure direct …

Free-space quantum secure direct communication: Basics, progress, and outlook

D Pan, XT Song, GL Long - Advanced Devices & Instrumentation, 2023 - spj.science.org
Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) leverages quantum states to transmit
information securely and reliably over a noisy, lossy, and wiretapped quantum channel. It …

Quantum secure direct communication based on single-photon Bell-state measurement

T Li, GL Long - New Journal of Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Security loopholes exploiting the flaws of practical apparatus, especially non-ideal photon
detectors, are pressing issues in practical quantum communication. We propose a simple …

Security of quantum secure direct communication based on Wyner's wiretap channel theory

J Wu, Z Lin, L Yin, GL Long - Quantum Engineering, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) transmits secret messages directly over a
quantum channel without the prior distribution of a key. Here, we apply Wyner's wiretap …

Experimental free-space quantum secure direct communication and its security analysis

D Pan, Z Lin, J Wu, H Zhang, Z Sun, D Ruan… - Photonics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We report an experimental implementation of free-space quantum secure direct
communication based on single photons. The quantum communication scheme uses phase …

Deterministic measurement-device-independent quantum secret sharing

ZK Gao, T Li, ZH Li - Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 2020 - Springer
Multiparty quantum communication ensures information-theoretic security for transmitting
private information among multiuser networks. In principle, measurement-device …

Generic security analysis framework for quantum secure direct communication

ZD Ye, D Pan, Z Sun, CG Du, LG Yin, GL Long - Frontiers of Physics, 2021 - Springer
Quantum secure direct communication provides a direct means of conveying secret
information via quantum states among legitimate users. The past two decades have …