Quantum computing: A taxonomy, systematic review and future directions

SS Gill, A Kumar, H Singh, M Singh… - Software: Practice …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum computing (QC) is an emerging paradigm with the potential to offer significant
computational advantage over conventional classical computing by exploiting quantum …

A review of security evaluation of practical quantum key distribution system

S Sun, A Huang - Entropy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although the unconditional security of quantum key distribution (QKD) has been widely
studied, the imperfections of the practical devices leave potential loopholes for Eve to spy …

Experimental demonstration of fully passive quantum key distribution

FY Lu, ZH Wang, V Zapatero, JL Chen, S Wang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The passive approach to quantum key distribution (QKD) consists of removing all active
modulation from the users' devices, a highly desirable countermeasure to get rid of …

Laser-seeding attack in quantum key distribution

A Huang, Á Navarrete, SH Sun, P Chaiwongkhot… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) based on the laws of quantum physics allows the secure
distribution of secret keys over an insecure channel. Unfortunately, imperfect …

Hacking measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

FY Lu, P Ye, ZH Wang, S Wang, ZQ Yin, R Wang… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Decoy-state measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) is
regarded as one of the most promising protocols since it is physically immune to all fatal …

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 …

Preparing a commercial quantum key distribution system for certification against implementation loopholes

V Makarov, A Abrikosov, P Chaiwongkhot… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
A commercial quantum key distribution (QKD) system needs to be formally certified to
enable its wide deployment. The certification should include the system's robustness against …

A fully passive transmitter for decoy-state quantum key distribution

V Zapatero, W Wang, M Curty - Quantum Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A passive quantum key distribution (QKD) transmitter generates the quantum states
prescribed by a QKD protocol at random, combining a fixed quantum mechanism and a post …

Hacking quantum key distribution via injection locking

XL Pang, AL Yang, CN Zhang, JP Dou, H Li, J Gao… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Unconditionally secure communication, which has been pursued for thousands of years
hasn't, however, yet been reached due to a continuous competition between encryption and …

Protecting fiber-optic quantum key distribution sources against light-injection attacks

A Ponosova, D Ruzhitskaya, P Chaiwongkhot… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
A well-protected and characterized source in a quantum key distribution system is needed
for its security. Unfortunately, the source is vulnerable to light-injection attacks, such as …