Advances in space quantum communications

JS Sidhu, SK Joshi, M Gündoğan… - IET Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Concerted efforts are underway to establish an infrastructure for a global quantum Internet to
realise a spectrum of quantum technologies. This will enable more precise sensors, secure …

The quantum internet: A synergy of quantum information technologies and 6G networks

GG Rozenman, NK Kundu, R Liu… - IET Quantum …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The quantum internet is a cutting‐edge paradigm that uses the unique characteristics of
quantum technology to radically alter communication networks. This new network type is …

Finite key effects in satellite quantum key distribution

JS Sidhu, T Brougham, D McArthur, RG Pousa… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
Global quantum communications will enable long-distance secure data transfer, networked
distributed quantum information processing, and other entanglement-enabled technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum physics in space

A Belenchia, M Carlesso, Ö Bayraktar, D Dequal… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Advances in quantum technologies are giving rise to a revolution in the way fundamental
physics questions are explored at the empirical level. At the same time, they are the seeds …

Beating the standard quantum limit for binary phase-shift-keying discrimination with a realistic hybrid feed-forward receiver

MN Notarnicola, S Olivares - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We propose a hybrid feed-forward receiver (HFFRE) for the discrimination of binary phase-
shift-keyed coherent states based on the appropriate combination of a displacement feed …

Discriminating mixed qubit states with collective measurements

LO Conlon, F Eilenberger, PK Lam… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
It is a central fact in quantum mechanics that non-orthogonal states cannot be distinguished
perfectly. In general, the optimal measurement for distinguishing such states is a collective …

High-dimensional encoding in the round-robin differential-phase-shift protocol

M Stasiuk, F Hufnagel, X Gao, AZ Goldberg… - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
In quantum key distribution (QKD), protocols are tailored to adopt desirable experimental
attributes, including high key rates, operation in high noise levels, and practical security …

Hybrid near-optimum binary receiver with realistic photon-number-resolving detectors

MN Notarnicola, MGA Paris, S Olivares - JOSA B, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We propose a near-optimum receiver for the discrimination of binary phase-shift-keyed
coherent states employing photon-number-resolving detectors. The receiver exploits a …

Demonstration of optimal non-projective measurement of binary coherent states with photon counting

MT DiMario, FE Becerra - npj Quantum Information, 2022 - nature.com
Quantum state discrimination is a central problem in quantum measurement theory, with
applications spanning from quantum communication to computation. Typical measurement …

Quantum data hiding with continuous-variable systems

L Lami - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
Suppose we want to benchmark a quantum device held by a remote party, eg, by testing its
ability to carry out challenging quantum measurements outside of a free set of …