The disruptive technology of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, is a trend with
increasing applications and practical relevance in the current and future society. Despite the …

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 …

Satellites and aerial platforms can be significant in the development of new
telecommunications networks, allowing to deploy networks with extremely high performance …

Quantum measurements are basic operations that play a critical role in the study and
application of quantum information. We study how the use of quantum, coherent, and …

This article will explore the design and implementation of quantum networks in space
integrated with quantum networks on Earth. We propose a three-layer approach, involving …

In this paper, a novel image encryption scheme is presented that leverages a combination of
hyperchaotic systems, Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), RC5 operations, permutation …

Satellite-based link analysis is valuable for efficient and secure quantum communication,
despite seasonal limits and restrictions on transmission times. A semi-empirical quantum …

In satellite-based quantum-key-distribution (QKD), the number of secret bits that can be
generated in a single satellite pass over the ground station is severely restricted by the pass …

We consider two memory nodes of a quantum network connected by flying qubits. We are
particularly interested in the case where a flying qubit produced by one node has to be …

In a quantum communication network, links represent entanglement between qubits located
at different nodes. Even if two nodes are not directly linked by shared entanglement …