Quantum key distribution (QKD) constitutes a symmetric secret key negotiation protocol
capable of maintaining information-theoretic security. Given the recent advances in QKD …

Quantum annealing (QA) is a heuristic quantum optimization algorithm that can be used to
solve combinatorial optimization problems. In recent years, advances in quantum …

Quantum error correction protects fragile quantum information by encoding it into a larger
quantum system,. These extra degrees of freedom enable the detection and correction of …

Controlling and programming quantum devices to process quantum information by the unit
of quantum dit, ie, qudit, provides the possibilities for noise-resilient quantum …

BACKGROUND The past two decades have seen intense efforts aimed at building quantum
computing hardware with the potential to solve problems that are intractable on classical …

Most quantum computers use binary encoding to store information in qubits—the quantum
analogue of classical bits. Yet, the underlying physical hardware consists of information …

Nowadays, quantum computing has reached the engineering phase, with fully-functional
quantum processors integrating hundreds of noisy qubits. Yet–to fully unveil the potential of …

Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) convert signals from the electrical to the optical domain.
They are at the heart of optical communication, microwave signal processing, sensing, and …

Let there be light–to change the world we want to be! Over the past several decades, and
ever since the birth of the first laser, mankind has witnessed the development of the science …

Quantum random sampling is the leading proposal for demonstrating a computational
advantage of quantum computers over classical computers. Recently the first large-scale …