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most citedLong-Distance Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution over 202.81 km of Fiber

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quant-ph2021★ 57 cited

Rate compatible reconciliation for continuous-variable quantum key distribution using Raptor-like LDPC codes

Chao Zhou, Xiangyu Wang, Zhiguo Zhang +3

In the practical continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system, the postprocessing process, particularly the error correction part, significantly impacts the system…

physics.optics2021★ 1 cited

S-band single-longitudinal-mode erbium-doped fiber ring laser with ultra-narrow linewidth, ultra-high OSNR, high stability and low RIN

Zhengkang Wang, Jianming Shang, Siqiao Li +3

A high-performance S-band single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber (EDF) ring cavity laser based on a depressed cladding EDF is investigated and experimentally demonstrate…

physics.optics2021★ 48 cited

All-Polarization Maintaining Single-Longitudinal-Mode Fiber Laser with Ultra-High OSNR, Sub-kHz Linewidth and Extremely High Stability

Zhengkang Wang, Jianming Shang, Siqiao Li +3

An all-polarization maintaining (PM) single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with ultra-high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), ultra-narrow linewidth and…

quant-ph2020★ 21 cited

Practical security analysis of a continuous-variable quantum random number generator with a noisy local oscillator

Weinan Huang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Ziyong Zheng +3

A quantum random-number generator (QRNG) can theoretically generate unpredictable random numbers with perfect devices and is an ideal and secure source of random numbers for crypto…

quant-ph2020★ 24 cited

Bias-free source-independent quantum random number generator

Ziyong Zheng, Yi-Chen Zhang, Min Huang +3

A bias-free source-independent quantum random number generator scheme based on the measurement of vacuum fluctuation is proposed to realize the effective elimination of system bias…

quant-ph2020★ 12 cited

A modified practical homodyne detector model for continuous-variable quantum key distribution: detailed security analysis and improvement by the phase-sensitive amplifier

Yundi Huang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Luyu Huang +1

The practical homodyne detector model of continuous-variable quantum key distribution models the inherent imperfections of the practical homodyne detector, namely the limited detec…

quant-ph2020★ 2 cited

Finite-size analysis of continuous variable source-independent quantum random number generation

Junyu Zhang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Ziyong Zheng +3

We study the impact of finite-size effect on continuous variable source-independent quantum random number generation. The central-limit theorem and maximum likelihood estimation th…

quant-ph2020★ 443 cited

Long-Distance Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution over 202.81 km of Fiber

Yi-Chen Zhang, Ziyang Chen, Stefano Pirandola +7

Quantum key distribution provides secure keys resistant to code-breaking quantum computers. The continuous-variable version of quantum key distribution offers the advantages of hig…

quant-ph2019★ 45 cited

One-Time Shot-Noise Unit Calibration Method for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

Yi-Chen Zhang, Yundi Huang, Ziyang Chen +3

The shot-noise unit in continuous-variable quantum key distribution plays an important and fundamental role in experimental implementation as it is used as a normalization paramete…

quant-ph2019★ 67 cited

Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Rateless Reconciliation Protocol

Chao Zhou, Xiangyu Wang, Yi-Chen Zhang +3

Information reconciliation is crucial for continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) because its performance affects the secret key rate and maximal secure transmission…

quant-ph2019★ 28 cited

Improving parameter estimation of entropic uncertainty relation in continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Ziyang Chen, Yi-Chen Zhang, Xiangyu Wang +2

The entropic uncertainty relation (EUR) is of significant importance in the security proof of continuous-variable quantum key distribution under coherent attacks. The parameter est…

quant-ph2019

Experimental implementation of bias-free quantum random number generator based on vacuum fluctuation

Ziyong Zheng, Yi-Chen Zhang, Song Yu +1

We experimentally demonstrate a bias-free optical quantum random number generator with real-time randomness extraction to directly output uniform distributed random numbers by meas…

quant-ph2018★ 12 cited

Continuous-variable source-device-independent quantum key distribution against general attacks

Yi-Chen Zhang, Ziyang Chen, Christian Weedbrook +2

The continuous-variable quantum key distribution with entanglement in the middle, a semi-device-independent protocol, places the source at the untrusted third party between Alice a…

physics.ins-det2018★ 99 cited

1.2 GHz Balanced Homodyne Detector for Continuous-Variable Quantum Information Technology

Xiaoxiong Zhang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Zhengyu Li +2

Balanced homodyne detector (BHD) that can measure the field quadratures of coherent states has been widely used in a range of quantum information technologies. Generally, the BHD t…

quant-ph2018

High Efficiency Postprocessing for Continuous-variable Quantum Key Distribution: Using All Raw Keys for Parameter Estimation and Key Extraction

Xiangyu Wang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Song Yu +1

High efficiency postprocessing of continuous-variable quantum key distribution system has a significant impact on the secret key rate and transmission distance of the system. Curre…

quant-ph2018★ 233 cited

High-speed Implementation of Length-compatible Privacy Amplification in Continuous-variable Quantum Key Distribution

Xiangyu Wang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Song Yu +1

Privacy amplification is an indispensable step in postprocessing of continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD), which is used to distill unconditional secure keys from i…

quant-ph2018★ 97 cited

6 Gbps real-time optical quantum random number generator based on vacuum fluctuation

Ziyong Zheng, Yi-Chen Zhang, Weinan Huang +2

We demonstrate a 6 Gbps real-time optical quantum random number generator by measuring vacuum fluctuation. To address the common problem that speed gap exists between fast randomne…

quant-ph2018★ 45 cited

Polarization attack on continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Yijia Zhao, Yi-Chen Zhang, Yundi Huang +3

The shot-noise unit (SNU) is a crucial factor for the practical security of a continuous-variable quantum key distribution system. In the most widely used experimental scheme, the…

quant-ph2017★ 23 cited

A quantum primality test with order finding

Alvaro Donis-Vela, Juan Carlos Garcia-Escartin

Determining whether a given integer is prime or composite is a basic task in number theory. We present a primality test based on quantum order finding and the converse of Fermat's…

quant-ph2017★ 64 cited

Continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with virtual photon subtraction

Yijia Zhao, Yi-Chen Zhang, Bingjie Xu +2

The method of improving the performance of continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocols by post-selection has been recently proposed and verified. In continuous-variable…

quant-ph2017★ 74 cited

High speed error correction for continuous-variable quantum key distribution with multi-edge type LDPC code

Xiangyu Wang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Song Yu +1

Error correction is a significant step in postprocessing of continuous-variable quantum key distribution system, which is used to make two distant legitimate parties share identica…

quant-ph2017★ 198 cited

Continuous-variable QKD over 50km commercial fiber

Yi-Chen Zhang, Zhengyu Li, Ziyang Chen +18

The continuous-variable version of quantum key distribution (QKD) offers the advantages (over discrete-variable systems) of higher secret key rates in metropolitan areas as well as…

quant-ph2017★ 20 cited

Improvement of two-way continuous-variable quantum key distribution with virtual photon subtraction

Yijia Zhao, Yi-Chen Zhang, Zhengyu Li +2

We propose a method to improve the performance of two-way continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol by virtual photon subtraction. The Virtual photon subtraction implem…

quant-ph2017★ 60 cited

Finite-size analysis of continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution

Xueying Zhang, Yi-Chen Zhang, Yijia Zhao +3

We study the impact of the finite-size effect on the continuous-variable measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (CV-MDI QKD) protocol, mainly considering the finit…