Progress in satellite quantum key distribution

R Bedington, JM Arrazola, A Ling - npj Quantum Information, 2017 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a family of protocols for growing a private encryption key
between two parties. Despite much progress, all ground-based QKD approaches have a …

Perspectives for applications of quantum imaging

M Gilaberte Basset, F Setzpfandt… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum imaging is a multifaceted field of research that promises highly efficient imaging in
extreme spectral ranges as well as ultralow‐light microscopy. Since the first proof‐of …

Entangled photon-pair sources based on three-wave mixing in bulk crystals

A Anwar, C Perumangatt, F Steinlechner… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Entangled photon pairs are a critical resource in quantum communication protocols ranging
from quantum key distribution to teleportation. The current workhorse technique for …

Spontaneous parametric down‐conversion sources for multiphoton experiments

C Zhang, YF Huang, BH Liu, CF Li… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Entangled photon sources are desirable and key elements for photonic quantum information
processing. The spontaneous parametric down‐conversion (SPDC) process is a convenient …

Quantum randomness certified by the uncertainty principle

G Vallone, DG Marangon, M Tomasin, P Villoresi - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We present an efficient method to extract the amount of true randomness that can be
obtained by a quantum random number generator (QRNG). By repeating the measurements …

Generation of hyperentangled state encoded in three degrees of freedom

P Zhao, MY Yang, S Zhu, L Zhou, W Zhong… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Hyperentanglement, the simultaneous entanglement in more than one degree of freedom
(DOF), plays an important role in quantum communication and quantum information …

Nanosatellite experiments to enable future space-based QKD missions

R Bedington, X Bai, E Truong-Cao, YC Tan… - EPJ Quantum …, 2016 - Springer
We present a programme for establishing the space worthiness of highly-miniaturised,
polarisation-entangled, photon pair sources using CubeSat nanosatellites. Once …

Optical coherence tomography with a nonlinear interferometer in the high parametric gain regime

GJ Machado, G Frascella, JP Torres… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate optical coherence tomography based on an SU (1, 1) nonlinear
interferometer with high-gain parametric downconversion. For imaging and sensing …

Polarization entanglement by time-reversed hong-ou-mandel interference

Y Chen, S Ecker, S Wengerowsky, L Bulla, SK Joshi… - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
Sources of entanglement are an enabling resource in quantum technology, and pushing the
limits of generation rate and quality of entanglement is a necessary prerequisite towards …

Pulsed Sagnac polarization-entangled photon source with a PPKTP crystal at telecom wavelength

RB **, R Shimizu, K Wakui, M Fujiwara… - Optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate pulsed polarization-entangled photons generated from a periodically poled
KTiOPO_4 (PPKTP) crystal in a Sagnac interferometer configuration at telecom wavelength …