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most citedSatellite-Terrestrial Quantum Networks and the Global Quantum Internet

15 citations · 47 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

quant-ph2026

Synchronized Quantum Devices in Lossy Channels

Ravi Singh Adhikari, Aman Gupta, Xiaoyu Ai +1

Due to their tight temporal coupling, entangled photon pairs produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion offer a new route to improved network synchronization among quantum-…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Secure Time Transfer for Satellites

Ravi Singh Adhikari, Anju Rani, Aman Gupta +2

We experimentally demonstrate an entanglement-based Quantum-Secure Time Transfer (QSTT) system in an emulated low Earth orbit satellite-to-ground channel using a type-0 Sagnac-base…

cs.NI2026

Packet Routing for the Quantum Internet

Robert Malaney

We present a new design for quantum packet routing within the emerging Quantum Internet, highlighting how a little-used feature of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), namely Extens…

quant-ph2025

Combined Quantum and Post-Quantum Security Performance Under Finite Keys

Aman Gupta, Ravi Singh Adhikari, Anju Rani +2

Recent advances in quantum-secure communication have highlighted the value of hybrid schemes that combine Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) with Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). Yet m…

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

A New Quantum Secure Time Transfer System

Ravi Singh Adhikari, Aman Gupta, Anju Rani +2

High-precision clock synchronization is essential for a wide range of network-distributed applications. In the quantum space, these applications include communication, sensing, and…

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★ 1 cited

Relative Wavefront Errors in Continuous-Variable Quantum Communication

Nathan K. Long, John Wallis, Alex Frost +4

When undertaking continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) across atmospheric channels, strong classical local oscillators (LOs) are often polarization-multiplexed with…

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

Obfuscated Quantum and Post-Quantum Cryptography

Anju Rani, Xiaoyu Ai, Aman Gupta +2

In this work, we present an experimental deployment of a new design for combined quantum key distribution (QKD) and post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Novel to our system is the dyna…

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-ph2025★ 8 cited

Combined Quantum and Post-Quantum Security for Earth-Satellite Channels

Anju Rani, Xiaoyu Ai, Aman Gupta +2

Experimental deployment of quantum communication over Earth-satellite channels opens the way to a secure global quantum Internet. In this work, we present results from a real-time…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Machine Learning for Phase Estimation in Satellite-to-Earth Quantum Communication

Nathan K Long, Robert Malaney, Kenneth J Grant

A global continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) network can be established using a series of satellite-to-Earth channels. Increased performance in such a network is…

quant-ph2024★ 15 cited

Satellite-Terrestrial Quantum Networks and the Global Quantum Internet

Andrea Conti, Robert Malaney, Moe Z. Win

This paper will explore the design and implementation of quantum networks in space integrated with quantum networks on Earth. We propose a three-layer approach, involving GEO and L…

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★ 9 cited

Classical and Quantum Frequency Combs for Satellite-based Clock Synchronization

Ronakraj K. Gosalia, Ryan Aguinaldo, Jonathan Green +3

The next generation of space-based networks will contain optical clocks embedded within satellites. To fully realize the capabilities of such clocks, high-precision clock synchroni…

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…