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most citedTemporal Modes of Light in Satellite-to-Earth Quantum Communications

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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★ 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…

quant-ph2023★ 5 cited

Quantum Super-Resolution with Balanced Homodyne Detection in Low-Earth-Orbit

Ronakraj K Gosalia, Robert Malaney, Ryan Aguinaldo +1

Quantum super-resolution involves resolving two sources below the Rayleigh limit using quantum optics. Such a technique would allow high-precision inter-satellite positioning and t…

quant-ph2023★ 5 cited

LEO Clock Synchronization with Entangled Light

Ronakraj Gosalia, Robert Malaney, Ryan Aguinaldo +2

Precision navigation and timing, very-long-baseline interferometry, next-generation communication, sensing, and tests of fundamental physics all require a highly synchronized netwo…

quant-ph2023

Protecting Classical-Quantum Signals in Free Space Optical Channels

E. Villaseñor, M. S. Winnel, T. C. Ralph +3

Due to turbulence and tracking errors, free-space optical channels involving mobile transceivers are characterized by a signal's partial loss or complete erasure. This work present…

quant-ph2022★ 8 cited

On the Teleportation of Discrete Variable Qubits Via Continuous Variable Lossy Channels

Mingjian He, Robert Malaney, Ryan Aguinaldo

The Continuous-Variable (CV) quantum state of light allows for the teleportation of a Discrete-Variable (DV) photonic qubit. Such an operation is useful in the realm of hybrid quan…

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…