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most citedQuantum limits in optical interferometry

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51 papers

quant-ph2026

Machine Learning based Optimization of CV-QKD Under Practical Constraints

Svitlana Matsenko, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Marcin Jarzyna +4

Practical hardware limitations, including finite transmitter and receiver filter lengths as well as the finite resolution of digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters, lea…

quant-ph2026

Photon Efficiency of High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution

Vera Uzunova, Marcin Jarzyna

We investigate entanglement-based quantum key distribution protocols, with particular emphasis on their efficiency under realistic conditions of satellite quantum communications, w…

quant-ph2026

Capacity of multimode quantum Gaussian channels

Maria Popławska, Marcin Jarzyna

We derive explicit formulas for the capacity of multimode quantum Gaussian channels which serve as a fundamental model for optical version of multiple-input multiple-output channel…

cs.IT2026

Optimization of CV-QKD Under Practical Constraints

Svitlana Matsenko, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Marcin Jarzyna +2

Using reinforcement learning, we optimize for practical hardware constraints, including limited FIR filter taps at the transmitter and receiver, mean photon number and finite DAC/A…

quant-ph2026

Deterministic feedforward-based generation of large optical coherent-state superposition

Michele N. Notarnicola, Marcin Jarzyna, Radim Filip

Large optical coherent-state superpositions are essential to advance quantum sensing, quantum repeaters and error-correction codes. We propose a deterministic feedforward protocol…

quant-ph2026

Security of Binary-Modulated Optical Key Distribution Against Quantum-Enhanced Coherent Eavesdropping

Karol Łukanowski, Michał Wójcik, Stefano Olivares +2

Optical key distribution (OKD) protects the physical layer of communication links by taking advantage of the inherent noise present in the photodetection process. It allows for eff…

physics.optics2025

Deep-Space Optical Communication Receiver Based on Single Photon Coherent Beam Combination

Antoni Mikos-Nuszkiewicz, Karol Łukanowski, Konrad Banaszek +1

We introduce an alternative receiver architecture for deep-space optical communication, in which a single large aperture is replaced by an array of smaller ones with outputs combin…

physics.optics2025★ 4 cited

Modeling Optical Key Distribution over a Satellite-to-Ground Link Under Weak Atmospheric Turbulence

Artur Czerwinski, Mikołaj Lasota, Marcin Jarzyna +3

In this study, we analyze the secret key capacity of intensity modulation/direct detection optical key distribution (IM/DD OKD) for a free-space optical (FSO) link between a low-Ea…

cs.IT2025

Mode Mismatch Mitigation in Gaussian-Modulated CV-QKD

Svitlana Matsenko, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi, Marcin Jarzyna +4

Technical limitations in pulse shaping lead to mode mismatch, which significantly reduces the secure key rate in CV-QKD systems. To address this, a machine learning approach is emp…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Simultaneous IM/DD Data Transmission and High-Rate Secret Key Distribution over a Single C-band Channel

Michal Jachura, Jakub Szlachetka, Mateusz Kucharczyk +4

We demonstrate hierarchical multiscale PAM-4 transmission combining 500 Mbps data transfer with optical-layer cryptographic key distribution at rates 24.14 Mbps and 8.38 Mbps secur…

quant-ph2025

Tx-Rx Mode Mismatch Effects in Gaussian-Modulated CV QKD

Mateusz Kucharczyk, Michal Jachura, Marcin Jarzyna +2

The impact of technical limitations on pulse shaping used to generate a CV QKD signal is quantified in terms of the attainable secure key rate. Optimization of key spectral efficie…

quant-ph2025★ 8 cited

Quantum Pulse Gate Attack on IM/DD Optical Key Distribution Exploiting Symbol Shape Distortion

M. Jarzyna, M. Jachura, K. Banaszek

Intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD) optical key distribution (OKD) is a method to generate a secret key whose security against passive eavesdropping is guaranteed by the…

quant-ph2025★ 14 cited

Photon information efficiency limits in deep-space optical communications

M. Jarzyna, L. Kunz, W. Zwolinski +2

Deep-space optical communication links operate under severely limited signal power, approaching the photon-starved regime which requires a receiver capable of measuring individual…

quant-ph2024

Bayesian approach to coherent combination of single photon beams

Antoni Mikos-Nuszkiewicz, Jerzy Paczos, Konrad Banaszek +1

We theoretically investigate the performance of coherent beam combination of two light beams under relative phase fluctuations in the photon starved regime. We apply a first-princi…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 14 cited

A warm Rydberg atom-based quadrature amplitude-modulated receiver

Jan Nowosielski, Marcin Jastrzębski, Pavel Halavach +5

Rydberg atoms exhibit remarkable sensitivity to electromagnetic fields, making them promising candidates for revolutionizing field sensors. Unlike conventional antennas, they neith…

quant-ph2023★ 6 cited

Beating the spectroscopic Rayleigh limit via post-processed heterodyne detection

Wiktor Krokosz, Mateusz Mazelanik, Michał Lipka +4

Quantum-inspired superresolution methods surpass the Rayleigh limit in imaging, or the analogous Fourier limit in spectroscopy. This is achieved by carefully extracting the informa…

quant-ph2023★ 7 cited

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution over multispan links employing phase-insensitive and phase-sensitive amplifiers

Michele N. Notarnicola, Filip Cieciuch, Marcin Jarzyna

Transmission losses through optical fibers are one of the main obstacles preventing both long-distance quantum communications and continuous-variable quantum key distribution. Opti…

quant-ph2023★ 18 cited

Optimizing state-discrimination receivers for continuous-variable quantum key distribution over a wiretap channel

Michele N. Notarnicola, Marcin Jarzyna, Stefano Olivares +1

We address a continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocol employing quaternary phase-shift-keying (QPSK) of coherent states and a non-Gaussian measurement inspire…

quant-ph2022★ 6 cited

Quantum Limits on the Capacity of Multispan Links with Phase-sensitive Amplification

Karol Łukanowski, Konrad Banaszek, Marcin Jarzyna

Long-distance fiber communication stands as a cornerstone of modern technology. One of the underlying principles, preventing signal levels from diminishing below the detectability…

quant-ph2022★ 6 cited

Quantum Limits on the Capacity of Multispan Links with Phase-Sensitive Amplification

Karol Łukanowski, Marcin Jarzyna, Konrad Banaszek

The capacity of a linear attenuating optical channel with the signal regenerated using quantum-limited phase-sensitive amplifiers is analyzed for conventional and generalized detec…

quant-ph2021

Quantum limits to polarization measurement of classical light

Marcin Jarzyna

Polarization of light is one of the fundamental concepts in optics. There are many ways to measure and characterise this feature of light but at the fundamental level it is quantum…

quant-ph2021★ 4 cited

Ultimate capacity limit of a multi-span link with phase-insensitive amplification

Marcin Jarzyna, Raul Garcia-Patron, Konrad Banaszek

The Shannon capacity of a point-to-point link with an optimised configuration of optical amplifiers is compared with general detection strategies permitted by quantum mechanics. Re…

physics.optics2021★ 6 cited

Sub-Rayleigh characterization of a binary source by spatially demultiplexed coherent detection

Chandan Datta, Yink Loong Len, Karol Łukanowski +2

We investigate theoretically coherent detection implemented simultaneously on a set of mutually orthogonal spatial modes in the image plane as a method to characterize properties o…

quant-ph2020★ 5 cited

Capacity of a lossy photon channel with direct detection

Karol Łukanowski, Marcin Jarzyna

We calculate numerically the capacity of a lossy photon channel assuming photon number resolving detection at the output. We consider scenarios of input Fock and coherent states en…