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 …

Quantum repeaters: From quantum networks to the quantum internet

K Azuma, SE Economou, D Elkouss, P Hilaire… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
A quantum internet is the holy grail of quantum information processing, enabling the
deployment of a broad range of quantum technologies and protocols on a global scale …

Single ion qubit with estimated coherence time exceeding one hour

P Wang, CY Luan, M Qiao, M Um, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Realizing a long coherence time quantum memory is a major challenge of current quantum
technology. Until now, the longest coherence-time of a single qubit was reported as 660 s in …

Remote quantum entanglement between two micromechanical oscillators

R Riedinger, A Wallucks, I Marinković, C Löschnauer… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Entanglement, an essential feature of quantum theory that allows for inseparable quantum
correlations to be shared between distant parties, is a crucial resource for quantum …

[HTML][HTML] All-photonic quantum repeaters

K Azuma, K Tamaki, HK Lo - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Quantum communication holds promise for unconditionally secure transmission of secret
messages and faithful transfer of unknown quantum states. Photons appear to be the …

Netsquid, a network simulator for quantum information using discrete events

T Coopmans, R Knegjens, A Dahlberg, D Maier… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
In order to bring quantum networks into the real world, we would like to determine the
requirements of quantum network protocols including the underlying quantum hardware …

Coherence time of over a second in a telecom-compatible quantum memory storage material

M Rančić, MP Hedges, RL Ahlefeldt, MJ Sellars - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum memories for light will be essential elements in future long-range quantum
communication networks. These memories operate by reversibly map** the quantum state …

Inside quantum repeaters

WJ Munro, K Azuma, K Tamaki… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most quantum communication tasks need to rely on the transmission of quantum signals
over long distances. Unfortunately, transmission of such signals is most often limited by …

Alternative schemes for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

X Ma, M Razavi - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2012 - APS
Practical schemes for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution using
phase and path or time encoding are presented. In addition to immunity to existing …

Complex quantum networks: a topical review

J Nokkala, J Piilo, G Bianconi - Journal of Physics A …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
These are exciting times for quantum physics as new quantum technologies are expected to
soon transform computing at an unprecedented level. Simultaneously network science is …