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quant-ph2026★ 6 cited

Experimental Coherent One-Way Quantum Key Distribution with Simplicity and Practical Security

Xiao-Yu Cao, Xiao-Ran Sun, Ming-Yang Li +3

Coherent one-way quantum key distribution (COW-QKD) has been widely investigated, and even been deployed in real-world quantum network. However, the proposal of the zero-error atta…

quant-ph2025★ 14 cited

Experimental Efficient Source-Independent Quantum Secret Sharing against Coherent Attacks

Yi-Ran Xiao, Hua-Lei Yin, Wen-Ji Hua +2

Source-independent quantum secret sharing (SI QSS), while essential for secure multiuser cryptographic operations in quantum networks, faces significant implementation challenges s…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Time-bin encoded quantum key distribution over 120 km with a telecom quantum dot source

Jipeng Wang, Joscha Hanel, Zenghui Jiang +11

Quantum key distribution (QKD) with deterministic single photon sources has been demonstrated over intercity fiber and free-space channels. The previous implementations relied main…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Experimentally validated quantum-secure federated learning over a multi-user quantum network

Zhi-Ping Liu, Xiao-Yu Cao, Hao-Wen Liu +6

Federated learning enables decentralized, privacy-preserving training but remains vulnerable to privacy leakage in the quantum era. Quantum federated learning (QFL) offers a promis…

quant-ph2024★ 18 cited

Experimental coherent-state quantum secret sharing with finite pulses

Yuan-Zhuo Wang, Xiao-Ran Sun, Xiao-Yu Cao +2

Quantum secret sharing (QSS) plays a significant role in multiparty quantum communication and is a crucial component of future quantum multiparty computing networks. Therefore, it…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

High-rate quantum digital signatures network with integrated silicon photonics

Yongqiang Du, Bing-Hong Li, Xin Hua +7

The development of quantum networks is paramount towards practical and secure communications. Quantum digital signatures (QDS) offer an information-theoretically secure solution fo…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Efficient source-independent quantum conference key agreement

Yu Bao, Yi-Ran Xiao, Yu-Chen Song +4

Quantum conference key agreement (QCKA) enables the unconditional secure distribution of conference keys among multiple participants. Due to challenges in high-fidelity preparation…

quant-ph2023★ 17 cited

Finite-Key Analysis for Coherent One-Way Quantum Key Distribution

Ming-Yang Li, Xiao-Yu Cao, Yuan-Mei Xie +2

Coherent-one-way (COW) quantum key distribution (QKD) is a significant communication protocol that has been implemented experimentally and deployed in practical products due to its…

quant-ph2023★ 69 cited

Experimental quantum e-commerce

Xiao-Yu Cao, Bing-Hong Li, Yang Wang +3

E-commerce, a type of trading that occurs at a high frequency on the Internet, requires guaranteeing the integrity, authentication and non-repudiation of messages through long dist…

quant-ph2023★ 89 cited

Experimental quantum secret sharing based on phase encoding of coherent states

Ao Shen, Xiao-Yu Cao, Yang Wang +6

Quantum secret sharing (QSS) is one of the basic communication primitives in future quantum networks which addresses part of the basic cryptographic tasks of multiparty communicati…

quant-ph2023★ 5 cited

Phase-Matching Quantum Key Distribution without Intensity Modulation

Shan-Feng Shao, Xiao-Yu Cao, Yuan-Mei Xie +5

Quantum key distribution provides a promising solution for sharing secure keys between two distant parties with unconditional security. Nevertheless, quantum key distribution is st…

quant-ph2023★ 67 cited

Variational Benchmarks for Quantum Many-Body Problems

Dian Wu, Riccardo Rossi, Filippo Vicentini +30

The continued development of computational approaches to many-body ground-state problems in physics and chemistry calls for a consistent way to assess its overall progress. In this…

quant-ph2023★ 43 cited

One-Time Universal Hashing Quantum Digital Signatures without Perfect Keys

Bing-Hong Li, Yuan-Mei Xie, Xiao-Yu Cao +4

Quantum digital signatures (QDS), generating correlated bit strings among three remote parties for signatures through quantum law, can guarantee non-repudiation, authenticity, and…

quant-ph2022★ 116 cited

Experimental measurement-device-independent type quantum key distribution with flawed and correlated sources

Jie Gu, Xiao-Yu Cao, Yao Fu +4

The security of quantum key distribution (QKD) is severely threatened by discrepancies between realistic devices and theoretical assumptions. Recently, a significant framework call…

quant-ph2021★ 287 cited

Breaking the Rate-Loss Bound of Quantum Key Distribution with Asynchronous Two-Photon Interference

Yuan-Mei Xie, Yu-Shuo Lu, Chen-Xun Weng +7

Twin-field quantum key distribution can overcome the secret key capacity of repeaterless quantum key distribution via single-photon interference. However, to compensate for the cha…

quant-ph2021★ 46 cited

Experimental quantum advantage with quantum coupon collector

Min-Gang Zhou, Xiao-Yu Cao, Yu-Shuo Lu +6

An increasing number of communication and computational schemes with quantum advantages have recently been proposed, which implies that quantum technology has fertile application p…

quant-ph2021★ 31 cited

Finite-key Analysis for Quantum Conference Key Agreement with Asymmetric Channels

Zhao Li, Xiao-Yu Cao, Chen-Long Li +4

As an essential ingredient of quantum networks, quantum conference key agreement (QCKA) provides unconditional secret keys among multiple parties, which enables only legitimate use…

quant-ph2021★ 36 cited

Coherent one-way quantum conference key agreement based on twin field

Xiao-Yu Cao, Jie Gu, Yu-Shuo Lu +2

Quantum conference key agreement (CKA) enables key sharing among multiple trusted users with information-theoretic security. Currently, the key rates of most quantum CKA protocols…

quant-ph2021★ 53 cited

Differential phase shift quantum secret sharing using twin field

Jie Gu, Xiao-Yu Cao, Hua-Lei Yin +1

Quantum secret sharing (QSS) is essential for multiparty quantum communication, which is one of cornerstones in the future quantum internet. However, a linear rate-distance limitat…

quant-ph2021★ 55 cited

Efficient Quantum Digital Signatures without Symmetrization Step

Yu-Shuo Lu, Xiao-Yu Cao, Chen-Xun Weng +5

Quantum digital signatures (QDS) exploit quantum laws to guarantee non-repudiation, unforgeability and transferability of messages with information-theoretic security. Current QDS…

quant-ph2021★ 26 cited

Overcoming the rate-distance limit of device-independent quantum key distribution

Yuan-Mei Xie, Bing-Hong Li, Yu-Shuo Lu +4

Device-independent quantum key distribution (DIQKD) exploits the violation of a Bell inequality to extract secure key even if the users' devices are untrusted. Currently, all DIQKD…

quant-ph2021★ 10 cited

Homodyne Detection Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with High Excess Noise Tolerance

Wen-Bo Liu, Chen-Long Li, Yuan-Mei Xie +7

Discrete-modulated continuous-variable quantum key distribution with homodyne detection is widely recognized for its ease of implementation, efficiency with respect to error correc…

quant-ph2020★ 21 cited

High key rate quantum conference key agreement with unconditional security

Xiao-Yu Cao, Yu-shuo Lu, Zhao Li +3

Quantum cryptography is a major ingredient of the future quantum internet that promises various secure communication tasks. Quantum conference key agreement (CKA) is an important c…