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 …

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 …

An integrated space-to-ground quantum communication network over 4,600 kilometres

YA Chen, Q Zhang, TY Chen, WQ Cai, SK Liao… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD), has the potential to enable secure communication and
information transfer. In the laboratory, the feasibility of point-to-point QKD is evident from the …

Photonic quantum information processing: a review

F Flamini, N Spagnolo, F Sciarrino - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing

RH Hadfield, J Leach, F Fleming, DJ Paul, CH Tan… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past
decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications …

Quantum secure direct communication with quantum memory

W Zhang, DS Ding, YB Sheng, L Zhou, BS Shi… - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Quantum communication provides an absolute security advantage, and it has been widely
developed over the past 30 years. As an important branch of quantum communication …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond solid-state lighting: Miniaturization, hybrid integration, and applications of GaN nano-and micro-LEDs

HS Wasisto, JD Prades, J Gülink, A Waag - Applied Physics Reviews, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Gallium nitride (GaN) light-emitting-diode (LED) technology has been the revolution in
modern lighting. In the last decade, a huge global market of efficient, long-lasting, and …

Experimental quantum secure direct communication with single photons

JY Hu, B Yu, MY **g, LT **ao, ST Jia, GQ Qin… - Light: Science & …, 2016 - nature.com
Quantum secure direct communication is an important mode of quantum communication in
which secret messages are securely communicated directly over a quantum channel …

Parametric down-conversion photon-pair source on a nanophotonic chip

X Guo, C Zou, C Schuck, H Jung, R Cheng… - Light: Science & …, 2017 - nature.com
Quantum-photonic chips, which integrate quantum light sources alongside active and
passive optical elements, as well as single-photon detectors, show great potential for …

Nanomaterials for quantum information science and engineering

A Alfieri, SB Anantharaman, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum information science and engineering (QISE)—which entails the use of quantum
mechanical states for information processing, communications, and sensing—and the area …