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 …

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 …

Practical decoy-state quantum secure direct communication

X Liu, Z Li, D Luo, C Huang, D Ma, M Geng… - Science China Physics …, 2021 - Springer
Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) has been demonstrated in both fiber-based
and free-space channels using attenuated lasers. Decoy-state QSDC by exploiting four …

Advances in chip-based quantum key distribution

Q Liu, Y Huang, Y Du, Z Zhao, M Geng, Z Zhang, K Wei - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD), guaranteed by the principles of quantum mechanics, is one
of the most promising solutions for the future of secure communication. Integrated quantum …

Large-area microwire MoSi single-photon detectors at 1550 nm wavelength

I Charaev, Y Morimoto, A Dane, A Agarwal… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate saturated internal detection efficiency at 1550 nm wavelengths for meander-
shaped superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors made of 3 nm thick MoSi films …

Superconducting single-photon spectrometer with 3d-printed photonic-crystal filters

Y **ao, S Wei, J Xu, R Ma, X Liu, X Zhang, TH Tao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-photon spectrometers utilizing optical spectral components and single-photon
detectors have shown exceptional spectral resolving capability with single-photon …

Development of superconducting single-photon and photon-number resolving detectors for quantum applications

AE Lita, DV Reddy, VB Verma, RP Mirin… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors based on superconducting thin films have become a viable class of
technologies for widespread usage in quantum optics. In this tutorial paper we introduce the …

Induced-photorefraction attack against quantum key distribution

P Ye, W Chen, GW Zhang, FY Lu, FX Wang… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Lithium niobate (Li Nb O 3, LN) devices play critical roles in quantum information
processing. However, for special applications like quantum key distribution (QKD), the …

Fractal superconducting nanowires detect infrared single photons with 84% system detection efficiency, 1.02 polarization sensitivity, and 20.8 ps timing resolution

Y Meng, K Zou, N Hu, L Xu, X Lan, S Steinhauer… - Acs …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The near-unity system detection efficiency (SDE) and excellent timing resolution of
superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), combined with their other …

Fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors working in dual bands and their applications in free-space and underwater hybrid LIDAR

K Zou, Z Hao, Y Feng, Y Meng, N Hu, S Steinhauer… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a fiber-coupled fractal superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
(SNSPD) system with minimum polarization dependence of detection efficiency. Its system …