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 …

Towards real‐world quantum networks: a review

SH Wei, B **g, XY Zhang, JY Liao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum networks play an extremely important role in quantum information science, with
application to quantum communication, computation, metrology, and fundamental tests. One …

Quantum conference key agreement: A review

G Murta, F Grasselli, H Kampermann… - Advanced Quantum …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conference key agreement (CKA), or multipartite key distribution, is a cryptographic task
where more than two parties wish to establish a common secret key. A composition of …

Conference key agreement in a quantum network

A Pickston, J Ho, A Ulibarrena, F Grasselli… - npj Quantum …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum conference key agreement (QCKA) allows multiple users to establish a secure key
from a shared multi-partite entangled state. In a quantum network, this protocol can be …

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 …

Universal limitations on quantum key distribution over a network

S Das, S Bäuml, M Winczewski, K Horodecki - Physical Review X, 2021 - APS
We consider the distribution of secret keys, both in a bipartite and a multipartite (conference)
setting, via a quantum network and establish a framework to obtain bounds on the …

Breaking universal limitations on quantum conference key agreement without quantum memory

CL Li, Y Fu, WB Liu, YM **e, BH Li, MG Zhou… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum conference key agreement is an important cryptographic primitive for future
quantum network. Realizing this primitive requires high-brightness and robust multiphoton …

Conference key agreement with single-photon interference

F Grasselli, H Kampermann, D Bruß - New Journal of Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The intense research activity on Twin-Field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) is motivated
by the fact that two users can establish a secret key by relying on single-photon interference …

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 …

Composable security of CV-MDI-QKD with secret key rate and data processing

P Papanastasiou, AG Mountogiannakis, S Pirandola - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
We provide a rigorous security proof of continuous-variable measurement-device-
independent quantum key distribution which incorporates finite-size effects and composable …