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most citedSatellite-to-Earth Quantum Key Distribution via Orbital Angular Momentum

55 citations · 121 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.optics2025

Relative Wavefront Error Correction Over a 2.4 km Free-Space Optical Link via Machine Learning

Nathan K. Long, Benjamin P. Dix-Matthews, Alex Frost +4

In coherent optical communication across turbulent atmospheric channels, reference beacons can be multiplexed with information-encoded signals during transmission. In this case, it…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Quantum Wavefront Correction via Machine Learning for Satellite-to-Earth CV-QKD

Nathan K. Long, Ziqing Wang, Benjamin P. Dix-Matthews +4

State-of-the-art free-space continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocols use phase reference pulses to modulate the wavefront of a real local oscillator at the r…

quant-ph2025

Stokes Parameters and Dual Classical-Quantum Signaling

Anjali Dhiman, Ziqing Wang, Timothy C. Ralph +2

Catering to emerging satellite-based free-space optical (FSO) communication networks and exploiting polarization encoding via Stokes operators, we propose a novel simultaneous quan…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Enhanced Simultaneous Quantum-Classical Communications Under Composable Security

Nicholas Zaunders, Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney +2

Simultaneous quantum-classical communications (SQCC) protocols are a family of continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocols which allow for quantum and classical…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Exploiting Spatial Diversity in Earth-to-Satellite Quantum-Classical Communications

Ziqing Wang, Timothy C. Ralph, Ryan Aguinaldo +1

Despite being an integral part of the vision of quantum Internet, Earth-to-satellite (uplink) quantum communications have been considered more challenging than their satellite-to-E…

quant-ph2024

Quantum-Amplified Simultaneous Quantum-Classical Communications

Nicholas Zaunders, Ziqing Wang, Timothy C. Ralph +2

Classical free-space optical (FSO) communication promises massive data throughput rates relative to traditional wireless technologies - an attractive outcome now being pursued in t…

quant-ph2024★ 9 cited

Classical-Quantum Dual Encoding for Laser Communications in Space

Matthew S. Winnel, Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney +3

In typical laser communications classical information is encoded by modulating the amplitude of the laser beam and measured via direct detection. We add a layer of security using q…

quant-ph2021★ 2 cited

Parallel and real-time post-processing for quantum random number generators

Xiaomin Guo, Mingchuan Wu, Jiangjiang Zhang +3

Quantum random number generators (QRNG) based on continuous variable (CV) quantum fluctuations offer great potential for their advantages in measurement bandwidth, stability and in…

quant-ph2021★ 11 cited

Temporal Modes of Light in Satellite-to-Earth Quantum Communications

Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney, Ryan Aguinaldo

The photonic Temporal Mode (TM) represents a possible candidate for the delivery of viable multidimensional quantum communications. However, relative to other multidimensional quan…

quant-ph2021

Enhanced Uplink Quantum Communication with Satellites via Downlink Channels

Eduardo Villaseñor, Mingjian He, Ziqing Wang +2

In developing the global Quantum Internet, quantum communication with low-Earth-orbit satellites will play a pivotal role. Such communication will need to be two way: effective not…

quant-ph2020★ 55 cited

Satellite-to-Earth Quantum Key Distribution via Orbital Angular Momentum

Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney, Benjamin Burnett

In this work, we explore the feasibility of performing satellite-to-Earth quantum key distribution (QKD) using the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light. Due to the fragility of…

quant-ph2019★ 7 cited

Detecting Orbital Angular Momentum of Light in Satellite-to-Ground Quantum Communications

Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney, Jonathan Green

Satellite-based quantum communications enable a bright future for global-scale information security. However, the spin orbital momentum of light, currently used in many mainstream…

quant-ph2019★ 24 cited

Inter-satellite Quantum Key Distribution at Terahertz Frequencies

Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney, Jonathan Green

Terahertz (THz) communication is a topic of much research in the context of high-capacity next-generation wireless networks. Quantum communication is also a topic of intensive rese…

eess.SP2019★ 9 cited

Artificial Intelligence and Location Verification in Vehicular Networks

Ullah Ihsan, Ziqing Wang, Robert Malaney +2

Location information claimed by devices will play an ever-increasing role in future wireless networks such as 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT). Against this background, the verific…