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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

quant-ph2020★ 14 cited

Geometric approach to quantum statistical inference

Marcin Jarzyna, Jan Kolodynski

We study quantum statistical inference tasks of hypothesis testing and their canonical variations, in order to review relations between their corresponding figures of merit---measu…

quant-ph2020★ 22 cited

Sub-Rayleigh resolution of two incoherent sources by array homodyning

Chandan Datta, Marcin Jarzyna, Yink Loong Len +3

Conventional incoherent imaging based on measuring the spatial intensity distribution in the image plane faces the resolution hurdle described by the Rayleigh diffraction criterion…

quant-ph2020★ 69 cited

Quantum Limits in Optical Communications

Konrad Banaszek, Ludwig Kunz, Michał Jachura +1

This tutorial reviews the Holevo capacity limit as a universal tool to analyze the ultimate transmission rates in a variety of optical communication scenarios, ranging from convent…

quant-ph2019★ 3 cited

Attaining classical capacity per unit cost of noisy bosonic Gaussian channels

Marcin Jarzyna

I show that classical capacity per unit cost of noisy bosonic Gaussian channels can be attained by employing generalized on-off keying modulation format and a projective measuremen…

quant-ph2019★ 4 cited

Quantum Fingerprinting over AWGN Channels with Power-Limited Optical Signals

Michał Lipka, Marcin Jarzyna, Konrad Banaszek

Quantum fingerprinting reduces communication complexity of determination whether two -bit long inputs are equal or different in the simultaneous message passing model. Here we q…

quant-ph2019

Photon Efficiency Limits in the Presence of Background Noise

Konrad Banaszek, Wojciech Zwoliński, Ludwig Kunz +1

We identify theoretical limits on the photon information efficiency (PIE) of a deep-space optical communication link constrained by the average signal power and operated in the pre…

quant-ph2019★ 4 cited

Low-cost limit of classical communication with restricted quantum measurements

Ludwig Kunz, Marcin Jarzyna, Wojciech Zwolinski +1

We consider a communication scenario where classical information is encoded in an ensemble of quantum states that admit a power series expansion in a cost parameter and with the va…