The security of practical quantum key distribution

V Scarani, H Bechmann-Pasquinucci, NJ Cerf… - Reviews of modern …, 2009 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is the first quantum information task to reach the level of
mature technology, already fit for commercialization. It aims at the creation of a secret key …

Reference frames, superselection rules, and quantum information

SD Bartlett, T Rudolph, RW Spekkens - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2007 - APS
Recently, there has been much interest in a new kind of “unspeakable” quantum information
that stands to regular quantum information in the same way that a direction in space or a …

Reversible framework for quantum resource theories

FGSL Brandao, G Gour - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
In recent years it has been recognized that properties of physical systems such as
entanglement, athermality, and asymmetry, can be viewed as resources for important tasks …

Quantum hyperentanglement and its applications in quantum information processing

FG Deng, BC Ren, XH Li - Science bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
Hyperentanglement is a promising resource in quantum information processing with its high
capacity character, defined as the entanglement in multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs) of a …

Complete experimental toolbox for alignment-free quantum communication

V D'ambrosio, E Nagali, SP Walborn, L Aolita… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Quantum communication employs the counter-intuitive features of quantum physics for tasks
that are impossible in the classical world. It is crucial for testing the foundations of quantum …

Phase-reference-free experiment of measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

C Wang, XT Song, ZQ Yin, S Wang, W Chen… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI QKD) is a substantial step
toward practical information-theoretic security for key sharing between remote legitimate …

Efficient quantum key distribution over a collective noise channel

XH Li, FG Deng, HY Zhou - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2008 - APS
We present two efficient quantum key distribution schemes over two different collective-
noise channels. The accepted hypothesis of collective noise is that photons travel inside a …

Two-photon interference from a bright single-photon source at telecom wavelengths

JH Kim, T Cai, CJK Richardson, RP Leavitt, E Waks - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Long-distance quantum communication relies on the ability to efficiently generate and
prepare single photons at telecom wavelengths. In many applications these photons must …

Novel quantum image encryption using one-dimensional quantum cellular automata

YG Yang, J Tian, H Lei, YH Zhou, WM Shi - Information Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigate the application of quantum cellular automata in image encryption and
propose a novel quantum gray-scale image encryption algorithm based on one-dimensional …

Quantum repeater based on spatial entanglement of photons and quantum-dot spins in optical microcavities

TJ Wang, SY Song, GL Long - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2012 - APS
We present an efficient quantum repeater protocol that uses coupled systems of quantum-
dot spins and optical microcavities, in which the spatial entanglement of a photon system …