Advanced laser technology for quantum communications (tutorial review)

TK Paraïso, RI Woodward… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum communications is the art of exchanging and manipulating information beyond the
capabilities of the conventional technologies using the laws of quantum mechanics. With …

Secure quantum key distribution over 421 km of optical fiber

A Boaron, G Boso, D Rusca, C Vulliez, C Autebert… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present a quantum key distribution system with a 2.5 GHz repetition rate using a three-
state time-bin protocol combined with a one-decoy approach. Taking advantage of …

Long-distance continuous-variable quantum key distribution over 202.81 km of fiber

Y Zhang, Z Chen, S Pirandola, X Wang, C Zhou, B Chu… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
Quantum key distribution provides secure keys resistant to code-breaking quantum
computers. The continuous-variable version of quantum key distribution offers the …

Fast single-photon detectors and real-time key distillation enable high secret-key-rate quantum key distribution systems

F Grünenfelder, A Boaron, GV Resta, M Perrenoud… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution has emerged as the most viable scheme to guarantee information
security in the presence of large-scale quantum computers and, thanks to the continuous …

High-speed integrated QKD system

R Sax, A Boaron, G Boso, S Atzeni, A Crespi… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is nowadays a well-established method for generating
secret keys at a distance in an information-theoretically secure way, as the secrecy of QKD …

Recent advances in InGaAs/InP single-photon detectors

C Yu, Q Xu, J Zhang - Measurement Science and Technology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Single-photon detectors (SPDs) are widely used in applications requiring extremely weak
light detection. In the near-infrared region, SPDs based on InGaAs/InP single-photon …

High-speed detection of 1550 nm single photons with superconducting nanowire detectors

I Craiciu, B Korzh, AD Beyer, A Mueller, JP Allmaras… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are a key technology for quantum
information and science due to their high efficiency, low timing jitter, and low dark counts. In …

Resource-efficient quantum key distribution with integrated silicon photonics

K Wei, X Hu, Y Du, X Hua, Z Zhao, Y Chen… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Integrated photonics provides a promising platform for quantum key distribution (QKD)
system in terms of miniaturization, robustness, and scalability. Tremendous QKD works …

Efficient time-bin encoding for practical high-dimensional quantum key distribution

I Vagniluca, B Da Lio, D Rusca, D Cozzolino, Y Ding… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
High-dimensional quantum key distribution (QKD) allows achievement of information-
theoretic secure communications, providing high key-generation rates, which cannot, in …

Quarc: Quantum research cubesat—a constellation for quantum communication

L Mazzarella, C Lowe, D Lowndes, SK Joshi… - Cryptography, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantum key distribution (QKD) offers future proof security based on fundamental laws of
physics. Long-distance QKD spanning regions such as the United Kingdom (UK) may …