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Bayesian Optimization for Repeater Protocols
Lorenzo La Corte, Kenneth Goodenough, Ananda G. Maity +2
Efficiently distributing secret keys over long distances remains a critical challenge in the development of quantum networks. "First-generation" quantum repeater chains distribute…
Efficient Reconciliation of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Multiplicatively Repeated Non-Binary LDPC Codes
Jesus Martinez-Mateo, David Elkouss
Continuous variable quantum key distribution bears the promise of simple quantum key distribution directly compatible with commercial off the shelf equipment. However, for a long t…
Performance of Practical Quantum Oblivious Key Distribution
Mariano Lemus, Peter Schiansky, Manuel Goulão +5
Motivated by the applications of secure multiparty computation as a privacy-protecting data analysis tool, and identifying oblivious transfer as one of its main practical enablers,…
Enhancing Quantum Key Distribution with Entanglement Distillation and Classical Advantage Distillation
Shin Sun, Kenneth Goodenough, Daniel Bhatti +1
Realizing secure communication between distant parties is one of quantum technology's main goals. Although quantum key distribution promises information-theoretic security for shar…
Far from Perfect: Quantum Error Correction with (Hyperinvariant) Evenbly Codes
Matthew Steinberg, Junyu Fan, Robert J. Harris +3
We introduce a new class of qubit codes that we call Evenbly codes, building on a previous proposal of hyperinvariant tensor networks. Its tensor network description consists of lo…
Pseudo-Entanglement is Necessary for EFI Pairs
Manuel Goulão, David Elkouss
Regarding minimal assumptions, most of classical cryptography is known to depend on the existence of One-Way Functions (OWFs). However, recent evidence has shown that this is not t…
Connecting Quantum Cities: Simulation of a Satellite-Based Quantum Network
Raja Yehia, Matteo Schiavon, Valentina Marulanda Acosta +4
We present and analyse an architecture for a European-scale quantum network using satellite links to connect Quantum Cities, which are metropolitan quantum networks with minimal ha…
Low-Depth Flag-Style Syndrome Extraction for Small Quantum Error-Correction Codes
Dhruv Bhatnagar, Matthew Steinberg, David Elkouss +2
Flag-style fault-tolerance has become a linchpin in the realization of small fault-tolerant quantum-error correction experiments. The flag protocol's utility hinges on low qubit ov…
Noise is resource-contextual in quantum communication
Aditya Nema, Ananda G. Maity, Sergii Strelchuk +1
Estimating the information transmission capability of a quantum channel remains one of the fundamental problems in quantum information processing. In contrast to classical channels…
Near-term to distillation protocols using graph codes
Kenneth Goodenough, Sébastian de Bone, Vaishnavi L. Addala +4
Noisy hardware forms one of the main hurdles to the realization of a near-term quantum internet. Distillation protocols allows one to overcome this noise at the cost of an increase…
Quantum repeaters: From quantum networks to the quantum internet
Koji Azuma, Sophia E. Economou, David Elkouss +4
A quantum internet is the holy grail of quantum information processing, enabling the deployment of a broad range of quantum technologies and protocols on a global scale. However, n…
Robust quantum-network memory based on spin qubits in isotopically engineered diamond
C. E. Bradley, S. W. de Bone, P. F. W. Moller +9
Quantum networks can enable long-range quantum communication and modular quantum computation. A powerful approach is to use multi-qubit network nodes which provide the quantum memo…
LIMDD: A Decision Diagram for Simulation of Quantum Computing Including Stabilizer States
Lieuwe Vinkhuijzen, Tim Coopmans, David Elkouss +2
Efficient methods for the representation and simulation of quantum states and quantum operations are crucial for the optimization of quantum circuits. Decision diagrams (DDs), a we…
Improved analytical bounds on delivery times of long-distance entanglement
Tim Coopmans, Sebastiaan Brand, David Elkouss
The ability to distribute high-quality entanglement between remote parties is a necessary primitive for many quantum communication applications. A large range of schemes for realiz…
Enumerating all bilocal Clifford distillation protocols through symmetry reduction
Sarah Jansen, Kenneth Goodenough, Sébastian de Bone +2
Entanglement distillation is an essential building block in quantum communication protocols. Here, we study the class of near-term implementable distillation protocols that use bil…
Tools for quantum network design
Koji Azuma, Stefan Bäuml, Tim Coopmans +2
Quantum networks will enable the implementation of communication tasks with qualitative advantages with respect to the communication networks we know today. While it is expected th…
Protocols for creating and distilling multipartite GHZ states with Bell pairs
Sébastian de Bone, Runsheng Ouyang, Kenneth Goodenough +1
The distribution of high-quality Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states is at the heart of many quantum communication tasks, ranging from extending the baseline of telescopes to…
NetSquid, a NETwork Simulator for QUantum Information using Discrete events
Tim Coopmans, Robert Knegjens, Axel Dahlberg +13
In order to bring quantum networks into the real world, we would like to determine the requirements of quantum network protocols including the underlying quantum hardware. Because…
Optimising repeater schemes for the quantum internet
Kenneth Goodenough, David Elkouss, Stephanie Wehner
The rate at which quantum communication tasks can be performed using direct transmission is fundamentally hindered by the channel loss. Quantum repeaters allow, in principle, to ov…
Entanglement Distribution in a Quantum Network, a Multi-Commodity Flow-Based Approach
Kaushik Chakraborty, David Elkouss, Bruno Rijsman +1
We consider the problem of optimising the achievable EPR-pair distribution rate between multiple source-destination pairs in a quantum internet, where the repeaters may perform a p…
Efficient optimization of cut-offs in quantum repeater chains
Boxi Li, Tim Coopmans, David Elkouss
Quantum communication enables the implementation of tasks that are unachievable with classical resources. However, losses on the communication channel preclude the direct long-dist…
Key rates for quantum key distribution protocols with asymmetric noise
Gláucia Murta, Filip Rozpędek, Jérémy Ribeiro +2
We consider the asymptotic key rates achieved in the simplest quantum key distribution protocols, namely the BB84 and the six-state protocols, when non-uniform noise is present in…
Efficient computation of the waiting time and fidelity in quantum repeater chains
Sebastiaan Brand, Tim Coopmans, David Elkouss
Quantum communication enables a host of applications that cannot be achieved by classical communication means, with provably secure communication as one of the prime examples. The…
Linear programs for entanglement and key distribution in the quantum internet
Stefan Bäuml, Koji Azuma, Go Kato +1
Quantum networks will allow to implement communication tasks beyond the reach of their classical counterparts. A pressing and necessary issue for the design of quantum network prot…