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Deployed trusted-node quantum key distribution over 300 km with a multi-core fiber access link
Martin Clason, Joakim Argillander, Didrik Bergström +8
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is increasingly considered for deployment in realistic communication networks, where long distances, heterogeneous fiber infrastructure, and coexiste…
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…
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…
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,…
Security bounds for decoy-state QKD with arbitrary photon-number statistics
Giulio Foletto, Francesco Picciariello, Costantino Agnesi +2
The decoy-state method is a standard enhancement to quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols that has enabled countless QKD experiments with inexpensive light sources. However, new…
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…
Experimental Test of Sequential Weak Measurements for Certified Quantum Randomness Extraction
Giulio Foletto, Matteo Padovan, Marco Avesani +3
Quantum nonlocality offers a secure way to produce random numbers: their unpredictability is intrinsic and can be certified just by observing the statistic of the measurement outco…
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…
Experimental Demonstration of Sequential Quantum Random Access Codes
Giulio Foletto, Luca Calderaro, Giuseppe Vallone +1
A random access code (RAC) is a strategy to encode a message into a shorter one in a way that any bit of the original can still be recovered with nontrivial probability. Encoding w…
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…
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…
Direct Reconstruction of the Quantum Density Matrix by Strong Measurements
Luca Calderaro, Giulio Foletto, Daniele Dequal +2
New techniques based on weak measurements have recently been introduced to the field of quantum state reconstruction. Some of them allow the direct measurement of each matrix eleme…