Advances in quantum cryptography

S Pirandola, UL Andersen, L Banchi… - Advances in optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Quantum cryptography is arguably the fastest growing area in quantum information science.
Novel theoretical protocols are designed on a regular basis, security proofs are constantly …

Micius quantum experiments in space

CY Lu, Y Cao, CZ Peng, JW Pan - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Quantum theory has been successfully validated in numerous laboratory experiments. But
would such a theory, which effectively describes the behavior of microscopic physical …

One-step quantum secure direct communication

YB Sheng, L Zhou, GL Long - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) attracts much attention for it can transmit
secret messages directly without sharing a key. In this article, we propose a one-step QSDC …

Superconducting-qubit readout via low-backaction electro-optic transduction

RD Delaney, MD Urmey, S Mittal, BM Brubaker… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Entangling microwave-frequency superconducting quantum processors through optical light
at ambient temperature would enable means of secure communication and distributed …

Entanglement-assisted quantum networks: Mechanics, enabling technologies, challenges, and research directions

Z Li, K Xue, J Li, L Chen, R Li, Z Wang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past few decades, significant progress has been made in quantum information
technology, from theoretical studies to experimental demonstrations. Revolutionary quantum …

High quality entangled photon pair generation in periodically poled thin-film lithium niobate waveguides

J Zhao, C Ma, M Rüsing, S Mookherjea - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
A thin-film periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide was designed and fabricated which
generates entangled photon pairs at telecommunications wavelengths with high …

Entanglement of two quantum memories via fibres over dozens of kilometres

Y Yu, F Ma, XY Luo, B **g, PF Sun, RZ Fang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A quantum internet that connects remote quantum processors, should enable a number of
revolutionary applications such as distributed quantum computing. Its realization will rely on …

An entanglement-based wavelength-multiplexed quantum communication network

S Wengerowsky, SK Joshi, F Steinlechner, H Hübel… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution has reached the level of maturity required for deployment in real-
world scenarios,,,–. It has previously been shown to operate alongside classical …

Designing a quantum network protocol

W Kozlowski, A Dahlberg, S Wehner - Proceedings of the 16th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The second quantum revolution brings with it the promise of a quantum internet. As the first
quantum network hardware prototypes near completion new challenges emerge. A …

A link layer protocol for quantum networks

A Dahlberg, M Skrzypczyk, T Coopmans… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Quantum communication brings radically new capabilities that are provably impossible to
attain in any classical network. Here, we take the first step from a physics experiment to a …