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20192026
most citedTowards metropolitan free-space quantum networks

52 citations · 90 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

quant-ph2026

Self-stabilized high-dimensional quantum key distribution on a metropolitan free-space link

Karolina Dziwulska, Christopher Spiess, Sarika Mishra +3

Quantum communication technologies capable of operating reliably across heterogeneous optical channels are essential for scalable metropolitan quantum networks. Here we demonstrate…

physics.optics2025

Noise resilient real-time phase imaging via undetected light

Josué R. León-Torres, Patrick Hendra, Yugant Mukeshbhai Hadiyal +5

Quantum imaging with undetected light has recently emerged as a technique in which quantum correlations and nonlinear interferometry are combined to decouple illumination and detec…

quant-ph2025

Frequency subspace encoding for multiplexed quantum secret sharing

Meritxell Cabrejo-Ponce, Christopher Spiess, Carlos Sevilla-Gutiérrez +1

Quantum secret sharing (QSS) is a multi-party quantum communication protocol that can be realized with bipartite entanglement and relative phase encoding. Previous implementations…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Ad-hoc hybrid-heterogeneous metropolitan-range quantum key distribution network

Matthias Goy, Jan Krause, Ömer Bayraktar +37

This paper presents the development and implementation of a versatile ad-hoc metropolitan-range Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network. The approach presented integrates various ty…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

Adjustable spatial filter for optimal free-space quantum communication round the clock

Andrej Kržič, Nico Döll, Uday Chandrashekara +2

Free-space quantum communication in daylight relies crucially on spatial filtering. The optimal filter configuration, however, depends on ever-changing link conditions. To this end…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Clock synchronization with pulsed single photon sources

Christopher Spiess, Fabian Steinlechner

Photonic quantum technology requires precise, time-resolved identification of photodetection events. In distributed quantum networks with spatially separated and drifting time refe…

quant-ph2022★ 52 cited

Towards metropolitan free-space quantum networks

Andrej Kržič, Sakshi Sharma, Christopher Spiess +18

Quantum communication has seen rapid progress towards practical large-scale networks, with quantum key distribution (QKD) spearheading this development. While fibre based systems h…

quant-ph2022★ 25 cited

GHz-Pulsed Source of Entangled Photons for Reconfigurable Quantum Networks

Meritxell Cabrejo Ponce, André Luiz Marques Muniz, Philippe Ancsin +2

Entanglement is a universal resource in quantum networks, yet entangled photon sources are typically custom-made for a specific use case. Versatility, both in terms of state modula…

quant-ph2021★ 3 cited

Clock synchronization with correlated photons

Christopher Spiess, Sebastian Töpfer, Sakshi Sharma +6

Event synchronisation is a ubiquitous task, with applications ranging from 5G technology to industrial automation and smart power grids. The emergence of quantum communication netw…

physics.optics2019★ 1 cited

Chirped temporal solitons in driven optical resonators

Christopher Spiess, Qian Yang, Xue Dong +2

Temporal solitons in driven microresonator, fiber-resonator, and bulk enhancement cavities enable attractive optical sources for spectroscopy, communications, and metrology. Here w…