A survey of important issues in quantum computing and communications

Z Yang, M Zolanvari, R Jain - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Driven by the rapid progress in quantum hardware, recent years have witnessed a furious
race for quantum technologies in both academia and industry. Universal quantum …

Quantum key distribution secured optical networks: A survey

P Sharma, A Agrawal, V Bhatia… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing incidents of cyber attacks and evolution of quantum computing poses challenges
to secure existing information and communication technologies infrastructure. In recent …

Quantum-secured blockchain

EO Kiktenko, NO Pozhar, MN Anufriev… - Quantum Science …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Blockchain is a distributed database which is cryptographically protected against malicious
modifications. While promising for a wide range of applications, current blockchain platforms …

Deploying an inter‐European quantum network

D Ribezzo, M Zahidy, I Vagniluca… - Advanced Quantum …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Around 40 years have passed since the first pioneering works introduced the possibility of
using quantum physics to enhance communications safety. Nowadays, quantum key …

Preparing a commercial quantum key distribution system for certification against implementation loopholes

V Makarov, A Abrikosov, P Chaiwongkhot… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
A commercial quantum key distribution (QKD) system needs to be formally certified to
enable its wide deployment. The certification should include the system's robustness against …

Improving the performance of quantum cryptography by using the encryption of the error correction data

VA Pastushenko, DA Kronberg - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Security of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols rely solely on quantum physics laws,
namely, on the impossibility to distinguish between non-orthogonal quantum states with …

High-speed secure key distribution using local polarization modulation driven by optical chaos in reciprocal fiber channel

W Shao, M Cheng, L Deng, Q Yang, X Dai, D Liu - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We propose a secure key distribution (SKD) based on local polarization modulation driven
by optical chaos in a reciprocal fiber link. A robust error-free SKD with a key generation rate …

Symmetric blind information reconciliation for quantum key distribution

EO Kiktenko, AS Trushechkin, CCW Lim… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a quantum-proof key-exchange scheme which is fast
approaching the communication industry. An essential component in QKD is the information …

Security of the decoy state method for quantum key distribution

AS Trushechkin, EO Kiktenko, DA Kronberg… - Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum cryptography or, more precisely, quantum key distribution (QKD), is one of the
advanced areas in the field of quantum technologies. The confidentiality of keys distributed …

Asymmetric adaptive LDPC-based information reconciliation for industrial quantum key distribution

N Borisov, I Petrov, A Tayduganov - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
We develop a new approach for asymmetric LDPC-based information reconciliation in order
to adapt to the current channel state and achieve better performance and scalability in …