Gaussian quantum information

C Weedbrook, S Pirandola, R García-Patrón… - Reviews of Modern …, 2012‏ - APS
The science of quantum information has arisen over the last two decades centered on the
manipulation of individual quanta of information, known as quantum bits or qubits. Quantum …

Quantum information with continuous variables

SL Braunstein, P Van Loock - Reviews of modern physics, 2005‏ - APS
Quantum information is a rapidly advancing area of interdisciplinary research. It may lead to
real-world applications for communication and computation unavailable without the …

The security of practical quantum key distribution

V Scarani, H Bechmann-Pasquinucci, NJ Cerf… - Reviews of modern …, 2009‏ - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is the first quantum information task to reach the level of
mature technology, already fit for commercialization. It aims at the creation of a secret key …

Quantum fidelity measures for mixed states

YC Liang, YH Yeh, PEMF Mendonça… - Reports on Progress …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Applications of quantum technology often require fidelities to quantify performance. These
provide a fundamental yardstick for the comparison of two quantum states. While this is …

Continuous variable quantum cryptography using coherent states

F Grosshans, P Grangier - Physical review letters, 2002‏ - APS
We propose several methods for quantum key distribution (QKD) based on the generation
and transmission of random distributions of coherent or squeezed states, and we show that …

Quantum key distribution using gaussian-modulated coherent states

F Grosshans, G Van Assche, J Wenger, R Brouri… - Nature, 2003‏ - nature.com
Quantum continuous variables are being explored,,,,,,,,,,,, as an alternative means to
implement quantum key distribution, which is usually based on single photon counting. The …

Single-nanowire electrically driven lasers

X Duan, Y Huang, R Agarwal, CM Lieber - Nature, 2003‏ - nature.com
Electrically driven semiconductor lasers are used in technologies ranging from
telecommunications and information storage to medical diagnostics and therapeutics. The …

Advances in quantum teleportation

S Pirandola, J Eisert, C Weedbrook, A Furusawa… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Quantum teleportation is one of the most important protocols in quantum information. By
exploiting the physical resource of entanglement, quantum teleportation serves as a key …

Secure continuous variable teleportation and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering

Q He, L Rosales-Zárate, G Adesso, MD Reid - Physical Review Letters, 2015‏ - APS
We investigate the resources needed for secure teleportation of coherent states. We extend
continuous variable teleportation to include quantum teleamplification protocols that allow …

Gaussian states in continuous variable quantum information

A Ferraro, S Olivares, MGA Paris - arxiv preprint quant-ph/0503237, 2005‏ - arxiv.org
These notes originated out of a set of lectures in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
given by one of us (MGAP) at the University of Napoli and the University of Milano. A quite …