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 …

Experimental mode-pairing measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution without global phase locking

HT Zhu, Y Huang, H Liu, P Zeng, M Zou, Y Dai… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
In the past two decades, quantum key distribution networks based on telecom fibers have
been implemented on metropolitan and intercity scales. One of the bottlenecks lies in the …

Molecular vibrational polaritons towards quantum technologies

Z Yang, W **ong - Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular vibrational polaritons (MVPs)—a hybrid molecular‐photon quasiparticle—and the
development of a proof‐of‐principle quantum technology platform are discussed to simulate …

Measurement device-independent quantum key distribution with vector vortex modes under diverse weather conditions

C Sekga, M Mafu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Most quantum key distribution schemes exploiting orbital angular momentum-carrying
optical beams are based on conventional set-ups, opening up the possibility of detector side …

Reference-frame-independent design of phase-matching quantum key distribution

A **, P Zeng, RV Penty, X Ma - Physical Review Applied, 2021 - APS
The recently proposed phase-matching quantum key distribution offers means to overcome
the linear key rate–transmittance bound. Since the key information is encoded onto the …

Quantum repeater protocol for deterministic distribution of macroscopic entanglement

AN Pyrkov, ID Lazarev, T Byrnes - Advanced Quantum …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Distributing long‐distance entanglement is a fundamental goal that is necessary for a variety
of tasks such as quantum communication, distributed quantum computing, and quantum …

Field test of mode-pairing quantum key distribution

HT Zhu, Y Huang, WX Pan, CW Zhou, J Tang, H He… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Quantum key distribution is a cornerstone of quantum technology, offering information-
theoretical secure keys for remote parties. With many quantum communication networks …

Sending or not-sending twin-field quantum key distribution with flawed and leaky sources

YF Lu, Y Wang, MS Jiang, XX Zhang, F Liu, HW Li… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) has attracted considerable attention and
developed rapidly due to its ability to surpass the fundamental rate-distance limit of QKD …

Finite-key analysis of asymmetric phase-matching quantum key distribution with unstable sources

XX Zhang, Y Wang, MS Jiang, C Zhou, YF Lu, WS Bao - JOSA B, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) protocol has been studied widely to
overcome the linear bound, and several variations of the TF-QKD protocol have been …

Phase-matching quantum key distribution with discrete phase randomization

X Zhang, Y Wang, M Jiang, Y Lu, H Li, C Zhou, W Bao - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The twin-field quantum key distribution (TF-QKD) protocol and its variations have been
proposed to overcome the linear Pirandola–Laurenza–Ottaviani–Banchi (PLOB) bound …