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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Advances in space quantum communications

JS Sidhu, SK Joshi, M Gündoğan… - IET Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Concerted efforts are underway to establish an infrastructure for a global quantum Internet to
realise a spectrum of quantum technologies. This will enable more precise sensors, secure …

Squeezed states of light and their applications in laser interferometers

R Schnabel - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
According to quantum theory the energy exchange between physical systems is quantized.
As a direct consequence, measurement sensitivities are fundamentally limited by …

[HTML][HTML] Practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution with composable security

N Jain, HM Chin, H Mani, C Lupo, DS Nikolic… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A quantum key distribution (QKD) system must fulfill the requirement of universal
composability to ensure that any cryptographic application (using the QKD system) is also …

Continuous‐variable quantum key distribution with Gaussian modulation—the theory of practical implementations

F Laudenbach, C Pacher, CHF Fung… - Advanced Quantum …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum key distribution (QKD) using weak coherent states and homodyne detection is a
promising candidate for practical quantum‐cryptographic implementations due to its …

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 …

Experimental demonstration of continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution over optical fiber

Y Tian, P Wang, J Liu, S Du, W Liu, Z Lu, X Wang, Y Li - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MDI-QKD) can remove all side-
channel attacks on detectors. In the context of the dramatic progress of discrete-variable MDI …

Measurement-device-independent quantum secure direct communication

ZR Zhou, YB Sheng, PH Niu, LG Yin, GL Long… - Science China Physics …, 2020 - Springer
Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) is a unique technique, which supports the
secure transmission of confidential information directly through a quantum channel without …