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most citedFrequency-bin entanglement-based quantum key distribution

24 citations · 42 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

quant-ph2026

Deploying and validating a metropolitan QKD secure network: architecture and field performance

Claudia De Lazzari, Nicola Biagi, Damiano Giani +15

The advent of cryptographically relevant quantum computers poses an existential threat to classical public-key infrastructure. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) addresses this challen…

quant-ph2026

Information geometric quantification of effective privacy in quantum metrology

Luca Bianchi, Shimpei Yamaguchi, Wojciech Roga +2

Privacy of a quantum metrological protocol concerns the extent to which single parameters can be kept inaccessible to an observer or to other users of the network. In this work, an…

quant-ph2026

High-Visibility Franson Interference Enabled by Passive Photonic Integrated Interferometers at Telecom Wavelengths

Ramin Emadi, Domenico Ribezzo, Giulia Guarda +2

High-visibility Franson interference at telecom C-band wavelengths is achieved using a cascaded periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide photon-pair source combined with…

quant-ph2026

Send the Key in Cleartext: Halving Key Consumption while Preserving Unconditional Security in QKD Authentication

Claudia De Lazzari, Francesco Stocco, Edoardo Signorini +7

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols require Information-Theoretically Secure (ITS) authentication of the classical channel to preserve the unconditional security of the distil…

quant-ph2026

On-chip semi-device-independent quantum random number generator exploiting contextuality

Maddalena Genzini, Caterina Vigliar, Mujtaba Zahidy +6

We present a semi-device-independent quantum random number generator (QRNG) based on the violation of a contextuality inequality, implemented by the integration of two silicon phot…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Unified boson sampling

Luca Bianchi, Carlo Marconi, Laura Ares +2

Boson sampling is a key candidate for demonstrating quantum advantage, and has already yielded significant advances in quantum simulation, machine learning, and graph theory. In th…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Bell state measurements in quantum optics: a review of recent progress and open challenges

Luca Bianchi, Carlo Marconi, Davide Bacco

Bell state measurements, which project bipartite qubit systems onto the maximally entangled Bell basis, are central to a wide range of quantum information processing tasks, includi…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Free-space time-bin encoded quantum key distribution from near- to mid-infrared wavelengths

Claudia De Lazzari, Tecla Gabbrielli, Natalia Bruno +9

Quantum technologies play a central role in establishing new ways of quantum-secured communication. We investigate Free-Space Quantum Communication and explore the advantage of imp…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Time-bin encoding quantum key distribution in free-space horizontal links during nighttime and daytime

Sebastiano Cocchi, Domenico Ribezzo, Giulia Guarda +4

Free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) represents a groundbreaking advancement in secure communication, enabling secure key exchange over vast distances and offering robust encr…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Pre-detection squeezing as a resource for high-dimensional Bell-state measurements

Luca Bianchi, Carlo Marconi, Jan Sperling +1

Bell measurements, entailing the projection onto one of the Bell states, play a key role in quantum information and communication, where the outcome of a variety of protocols cruci…

quant-ph2024★ 4 cited

Nonlinear protocol for high-dimensional quantum teleportation

Luca Bianchi, Carlo Marconi, Giulia Guarda +1

Bell measurements, which allow entanglement between uncorrelated distant particles, play a central role in quantum communication. Indeed sharing, measuring and creating entanglemen…

quant-ph2024★ 24 cited

Frequency-bin entanglement-based quantum key distribution

Noemi Tagliavacche, Massimo Borghi, Giulia Guarda +5

Entanglement is an essential ingredient in many quantum communication protocols. In particular, entanglement can be exploited in quantum key distribution (QKD) to generate two corr…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Performance of Cascade and LDPC-codes for Information Reconciliation on Industrial Quantum Key Distribution Systems

Ronny Müller, Claudia De Lazzari, Fernando Chirici +5

Information Reconciliation is a critical component of Quantum Key Distribution, ensuring that mismatches between Alice's and Bob's keys are corrected. In this study, we analyze, si…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

European Quantum Ecosystems -- Preparing the Industry for the Quantum Security and Communications Revolution

Noel Farrugia, Daniel Bonanno, Nicholas Frendo +11

There is mounting evidence that a second quantum revolution based on the technological capabilities to detect and manipulate single quantum particles (e.g., electrons, photons, ion…

quant-ph2024

Entanglement manipulation through multicore fibres

Carlo Marconi, Elena Fanella, Davide Bacco +1

Multicore fibres are recently gaining considerable attention in the context of quantum communication tasks, where their capability to transmit multiple quantum states along differe…

quant-ph2024

Quantum Random Access Codes Implementation for Resource Allocation and Coexistence with Classical Telecommunication

Domenico Ribezzo, Roberto Salazar, Jakub Czartowski +7

In a world where Quantum Networks are rapidly becoming a reality, the development of the Quantum Internet is gaining increasing interest. Nevertheless, modern quantum networks are…

quant-ph2023

Single-Photon-Based Clock Analysis and Recovery in Quantum Key Distribution

Mujtaba Zahidy, Domenico Ribezzo, Ronny Müller +5

Quantum key distribution is one of the first quantum technologies ready for the market. Current quantum telecommunication systems usually utilize a service channel for synchronizin…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Quantum Key Distribution With an Integrated Photonic Receiver

Giulia Guarda, Domenico Ribezzo, Tommaso Occhipinti +2

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are key in advancing quantum technologies for secure communications. They offer inherent stability, low losses and compactness compared to stand…