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most citedFull daylight quantum-key-distribution at 1550 nm enabled by integrated silicon photonics

171 citations · 730 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

quant-ph2023★ 16 cited

Connecting Quantum Cities: Simulation of a Satellite-Based Quantum Network

Raja Yehia, Matteo Schiavon, Valentina Marulanda Acosta +4

We present and analyse an architecture for a European-scale quantum network using satellite links to connect Quantum Cities, which are metropolitan quantum networks with minimal ha…

quant-ph2022★ 87 cited

Satellite-based Quantum Information Networks: Use cases, Architecture, and Roadmap

Laurent de Forges de Parny, Olivier Alibart, Julien Debaud +11

Quantum Information Networks (QINs) attract increasing interest, as they enable connecting quantum devices over long distances, thus greatly enhancing their intrinsic computing, se…

quant-ph2021★ 33 cited

Analysis of satellite-to-ground quantum key distribution with adaptive optics

Valentina Marulanda Acosta, Daniele Dequal, Matteo Schiavon +4

Future quantum communication infrastructures will rely on both terrestrial and space-based links integrating high-performance optical systems engineered for this purpose. In space-…

quant-ph2019★ 171 cited

Full daylight quantum-key-distribution at 1550 nm enabled by integrated silicon photonics

M. Avesani, L. Calderaro, M. Schiavon +16

The future envisaged global-scale quantum communication network will comprise various nodes interconnected via optical fibers or free-space channels, depending on the link distance…

quant-ph2019★ 1 cited

Quantum satellites and tests of relativity

Piergiovanni Magnani, Matteo Schiavon, Alexander R. H. Smith +5

Deployment of quantum technology in space provides opportunities for new types of precision tests of gravity. On the other hand, the operational demands of such technology can make…

quant-ph2019★ 53 cited

Experimental Certification of Sustained Entanglement and Nonlocality after Sequential Measurements

Giulio Foletto, Luca Calderaro, Armin Tavakoli +5

Entanglement is a fundamental resource for quantum information science. However, bipartite entanglement is destroyed when one particle is observed via projective (sharp) measuremen…

quant-ph2019★ 23 cited

Sub-ns timing accuracy for satellite quantum communications

Costantino Agnesi, Luca Calderaro, Daniele Dequal +7

Satellite quantum communications have rapidly evolved in the past few years, culminating in the proposal, development, and deployment of satellite missions dedicated to quantum key…

gr-qc2018★ 8 cited

Proposal for an optical interferometric measurement of the gravitational red-shift with satellite systems

Daniel R. Terno, Francesco Vedovato, Matteo Schiavon +4

The Einstein Equivalence Principle (EEP) underpins all metric theories of gravity. One of its key aspects is the local position invariance (LPI) of non-gravitational experiments, w…

quant-ph2018★ 70 cited

Towards Quantum Communication from Global Navigation Satellite System

Luca Calderaro, Costatino Agnesi, Daniele Dequal +7

Satellite-based quantum communication is an invaluable resource for the realization of a quantum network at the global scale. In this regard, the use of satellites well beyond the…

quant-ph2017★ 54 cited

Extending Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment to Space

Francesco Vedovato, Costantino Agnesi, Matteo Schiavon +9

Gedankenexperiments have consistently played a major role in the development of quantum theory. A paradigmatic example is Wheeler's delayed-choice experiment, a wave-particle duali…

quant-ph2016★ 69 cited

Three-observer Bell inequality violation on a two-qubit entangled state

Matteo Schiavon, Luca Calderaro, Mirko Pittaluga +2

Bipartite Bell inequalities can be simultaneously violated by two different pairs of observers when weak measurements and signaling is employed. Here we experimentally demonstrate…

quant-ph2016★ 19 cited

Experimental realization of equiangular three-state quantum key distribution

Matteo Schiavon, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi

Quantum key distribution using three states in equiangular configuration combines a security threshold comparable with the one of the Bennett-Brassard 1984 protocol and a quantum b…

quant-ph2015★ 32 cited

Heralded single photon sources for QKD applications

M. Schiavon, G. Vallone, F. Ticozzi +1

Single photon sources (SPS) are a fundamental building block for optical implementations of quantum information protocols. Among SPSs, multiple crystal heralded single photon sourc…

quant-ph2015★ 94 cited

Interference at the Single Photon Level Along Satellite-Ground Channels

Giuseppe Vallone, Daniele Dequal, Marco Tomasin +5

Quantum interference arising from superposition of states is a striking evidence of the validity of Quantum Mechanics, confirmed in many experiments and also exploited in applicati…