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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…
GHz-rate all-fiber active polarization state analyzer for quantum protocols
Andrea Pompermaier, Kannan Vijayadharan, Costantino Agnesi +3
Active selection of the measurement basis underpins quantum protocols including device-independent quantum key distribution, quantum teleportation with active feed-forward, and Bel…
Efficient Energy-Constrained Semi-Device-Independent QRNG with an Integrated Heterodyne Receiver
Mattia Sabatini, Carles Roch i Carceller, Tommaso Bertapelle +10
Semi-device-independent QRNG frameworks represent a particularly attractive approach, combining strong security guarantees with high randomness generation rates while relying only…
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…
Long-term analysis of efficient-BB84 4-node network with optical switches in metropolitan environment
Alberto De Toni, Edoardo Bortolozzo, Alessandro Emanuele +5
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a leading technology for enabling information-theoretic secure communication, with protocols such as BB84 and its variants already deployed in pra…
General model and modulation strategies for Sagnac-based encoders
Federico Berra, Matías Rubén Bolaños, Alberto De Toni +6
In recent decades, there has been an increasing demand for faster modulation schemes. Electro-optic modulators are essential components in modern photonic systems, enabling high-sp…
Versatile Wavelength-Division Multiplexed Quantum Key Distribution Network Operating Simultaneously in the O and C Bands
Davide Scalcon, Matteo Padovan, Paolo Villoresi +2
Ongoing technological progress is accelerating the commercial and global-scale deployment of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). Its ability to enable unconditionally secure communicat…
A Sagnac-based arbitrary time-bin state encoder for quantum communication applications
Kannan Vijayadharan, Matías Rubén Bolaños, Marco Avesani +3
Time-bin encoding of quantum information is highly advantageous for long-distance quantum communication protocols over optical fibres due to its inherent robustness in the channel…
High-Performance Heterodyne Receiver for Quantum Information Processing in a Laser Written Integrated Photonic Platform
Andrea Peri, Giulio Gualandi, Tommaso Bertapelle +8
Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution (CV-QKD) and Quantum Random Number Generation (CV-QRNG) are critical technologies for secure communication and high-speed randomness ge…
Power-consumption Backdoor in Quantum Key Distribution
Beatriz Lopes da Costa, Matías R. Bolaños, Ricardo Chaves +7
Over the last decades, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) has risen as a promising solution for secure communications. However, like all cryptographic protocols, QKD implementations ca…
Quantum bounds and device-independent security with rank-one qubit measurements
Lorenzo Coccia, Matteo Padovan, Andrea Pompermaier +5
Device-independent (DI) quantum protocols exploit Bell inequality violations to ensure security or certify quantum properties without making assumptions about the internal workings…
Hybrid encoder for discrete and continuous variable QKD
Mattia Sabatini, Tommaso Bertapelle, Paolo Villoresi +2
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is emerging as a cutting-edge application of quantum technology, gradually integrating into the industrial landscape. Many protocols employing discre…
Low-error encoder for time-bin and decoy states for quantum key distribution
Davide Scalcon, Elisa Bazzani, Giuseppe Vallone +2
Time-bin encoding has been widely used for implementing quantum key distribution (QKD) on optical fiber channels due to its robustness with respect to drifts introduced by the opti…
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…
Secure and robust randomness with sequential quantum measurements
Matteo Padovan, Giulio Foletto, Lorenzo Coccia +3
Quantum correlations between measurements of separated observers are crucial for applications like randomness generation and key distribution. Although device-independent security…
Synchronization of quantum communication over an optical classical communication channel
Federico Berra, Costantino Agnesi, Andrea Stanco +5
Precise synchronization between transmitter and receiver is crucial for quantum communication protocols, such as Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), to efficiently correlate the transm…
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…
High-speed Source-Device-Independent Quantum Random Number Generator on a Chip
Tommaso Bertapelle, Marco Avesani, Alberto Santamato +11
A wide range of applications require, by hypothesis, to have access to a high-speed, private, and genuine random source. Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) are currently the…
Modular source for near-infrared quantum communication
Federico Berra, Costantino Agnesi, Andrea Stanco +4
We present a source of states for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) based on a modular design exploiting the iPOGNAC, a stable, low-error, and calibration-free polarization modulation…
Cross-encoded quantum key distribution exploiting time-bin and polarization states with qubit-based synchronization
Davide Scalcon, Costantino Agnesi, Marco Avesani +5
Robust implementation of quantum key distribution requires precise state generation and measurements, as well as a transmission that is resistant to channel disturbances. However,…
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…
Versatile and concurrent FPGA-based architecture for practical quantum communication systems
Andrea Stanco, Francesco B. L. Santagiustina, Luca Calderaro +5
This work presents a hardware and software architecture which can be used in those systems that implement practical Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Random Number Generat…