The evolution of quantum key distribution networks: On the road to the qinternet

Y Cao, Y Zhao, Q Wang, J Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) constitutes a symmetric secret key negotiation protocol
capable of maintaining information-theoretic security. Given the recent advances in QKD …

Quantum computing: A taxonomy, systematic review and future directions

SS Gill, A Kumar, H Singh, M Singh… - Software: Practice …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum computing (QC) is an emerging paradigm with the potential to offer significant
computational advantage over conventional classical computing by exploiting quantum …

Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

F Xu, X Ma, Q Zhang, HK Lo, JW Pan - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
In principle, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information-theoretic security based on
the laws of physics. In practice, however, the imperfections of realistic devices might …

Practical challenges in quantum key distribution

E Diamanti, HK Lo, B Qi, Z Yuan - npj Quantum Information, 2016 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD) promises unconditional security in data communication and
is currently being deployed in commercial applications. Nonetheless, before QKD can be …

Quantum technology for military applications

M Krelina - EPJ Quantum Technology, 2021 - epjqt.epj.org
Quantum technology is an emergent and potentially disruptive discipline, with the ability to
affect many human activities. Quantum technologies are dual-use technologies, and as such …

Implementation of continuous-variable quantum key distribution with composable and one-sided-device-independent security against coherent attacks

T Gehring, V Händchen, J Duhme, F Furrer… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Secret communication over public channels is one of the central pillars of a modern
information society. Using quantum key distribution this is achieved without relying on the …

State-of-the-art survey of quantum cryptography

A Kumar, S Garhwal - Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
In today Internet era, confidential information transmitted over an insecure channel. With the
significant development in the area of quantum computing, there is a need for unconditional …

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution at 10 gbaud using an integrated photonic-electronic receiver

AAE Hajomer, C Bruynsteen, I Derkach, N Jain… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a widely recognized application of quantum information
theory, guaranteeing information-theoretically secure key exchange. However, commercial …

Airborne demonstration of a quantum key distribution receiver payload

CJ Pugh, S Kaiser, JP Bourgoin, J **… - Quantum Science …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Satellite-based quantum terminals are a feasible way to extend the reach of quantum
communication protocols such as quantum key distribution (QKD) to the global scale. To that …

Practical security bounds against the trojan-horse attack in quantum key distribution

M Lucamarini, I Choi, MB Ward, JF Dynes, ZL Yuan… - Physical Review X, 2015 - APS
In the quantum version of a Trojan-horse attack, photons are injected into the optical
modules of a quantum key distribution system in an attempt to read information direct from …