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Squeezed- and coherent-state quantum key distribution over a deployed hybrid fibre-free-space channel
Adnan A. E. Hajomer, Huy Q. Nguyen, Ivan Derkach +14
Quantum networks will combine optical fibre with free-space links, yet continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) has been developed predominantly for one medium or the…
Multiplexing of Continuous-Variable and Discrete-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Systems over Fibered and Free-Space Channels
Mattia Sabatini, Edoardo Rossi, Matías R. Bolaños +7
Future quantum communication infrastructures will need to serve heterogeneous users on shared physical channels: short-range, high-throughput links favor Continuous-Variable Quantu…
Intermodal quantum key distribution over an 18 km free-space channel with adaptive optics and room-temperature detectors
Edoardo Rossi, Ilektra Karakosta-Amarantidou, Matteo Padovan +9
Intermodal quantum key distribution at telecom wavelengths provides a hybrid interface between fiber connections and free-space links, both essential for the realization of scalabl…
GHz-rate polarization-based QKD system for fiber and satellite applications
Matías Rubén Bolaños, Edoardo Rossi, Federico Berra +9
Quantum key distribution (QKD) leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to exchange a secret key between two parties. Despite its promising features, QKD also faces several pr…
Intermodal quantum key distribution field trial with active switching between fiber and free-space channels
Francesco Picciariello, Ilektra Karakosta-Amarantidou, Edoardo Rossi +6
Intermodal quantum key distribution enables the full interoperability of fiber networks and free-space channels, which are both necessary elements for the development of a global q…
International time transfer between precise timing facilities secured with a quantum key distribution network
Francesco Picciariello, Francesco Vedovato, Davide Orsucci +14
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), such as GPS and Galileo, provide precise time and space coordinates globally and constitute part of the critical infrastructure of mode…
Deployment-ready quantum key distribution over a classical network infrastructure in Padua
Marco Avesani, Giulio Foletto, Matteo Padovan +13
Current technological progress is driving Quantum Key Distribution towards a commercial and world widescale expansion. Its capability to deliver unconditionally secure communicatio…
Optimal design and performance evaluation of free-space Quantum Key Distribution systems
Alessia Scriminich, Giulio Foletto, Francesco Picciariello +4
Free-space ground-to-ground links will be an integral part of future quantum communication networks. The implementation of free-space and fiber links in daylight inter-modal config…
Resource-effective Quantum Key Distribution: a field-trial in Padua city center
Marco Avesani, Luca Calderaro, Giulio Foletto +9
Field-trials are of key importance for novel technologies seeking commercialization and wide-spread adoption. This is certainly also the case for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), wh…
Large-scale optical interferometry in general spacetimes
Daniel R. Terno, Giuseppe Vallone, Francesco Vedovato +1
We introduce a convenient formalism to evaluate the frequency-shift affecting a light signal propagating on a general curved background. Our formulation, which is based on the laws…
Simple Quantum Key Distribution with qubit-based synchronization and a self-compensating polarization encoder
Costantino Agnesi, Marco Avesani, Luca Calderaro +7
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) relies on quantum communication to allow distant parties to share a secure cryptographic key. Widespread adoption of QKD in current telecommunication…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Postselection-loophole-free Bell violation with genuine time-bin entanglement
Francesco Vedovato, Costantino Agnesi, Marco Tomasin +4
Entanglement is an invaluable resource for fundamental tests of physics and the implementation of quantum information protocols such as device-independent secure communications. In…
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…
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…