Quantum repeaters: From quantum networks to the quantum internet

K Azuma, SE Economou, D Elkouss, P Hilaire… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
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 …

The evolution of quantum key distribution networks: On the road to the qinternet

Y Cao, Y Zhao, Q Wang, J Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) constitutes a symmetric secret key negotiation protocol
capable of maintaining information-theoretic security. Given the recent advances in QKD …

Experimental twin-field quantum key distribution over 1000 km fiber distance

Y Liu, WJ Zhang, C Jiang, JP Chen, C Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Quantum key distribution (QKD) aims to generate secure private keys shared by two remote
parties. With its security being protected by principles of quantum mechanics, some …

Breaking the rate-loss bound of quantum key distribution with asynchronous two-photon interference

YM Xie, YS Lu, CX Weng, XY Cao, ZY Jia, Y Bao… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
Twin-field quantum key distribution can overcome the secret key capacity of repeaterless
quantum key distribution via single-photon interference. However, to compensate for the …

Mode-pairing quantum key distribution

P Zeng, H Zhou, W Wu, X Ma - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution—the establishment of information-theoretically secure keys based
on quantum physics—is mainly limited by its practical performance, which is characterised …

Advances in quantum cryptography

S Pirandola, UL Andersen, L Banchi… - Advances in optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Quantum cryptography is arguably the fastest growing area in quantum information science.
Novel theoretical protocols are designed on a regular basis, security proofs are constantly …

Twin-field quantum key distribution over a 511 km optical fibre linking two distant metropolitan areas

JP Chen, C Zhang, Y Liu, C Jiang, WJ Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The basic principle of quantum mechanics guarantees the unconditional security of quantum
key distribution (QKD),,,–at the cost of forbidding the amplification of a quantum state. As a …

Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices

F Xu, X Ma, Q Zhang, HK Lo, JW Pan - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
In principle, quantum key distribution (QKD) offers information-theoretic security based on
the laws of physics. In practice, however, the imperfections of realistic devices might …

600-km repeater-like quantum communications with dual-band stabilization

M Pittaluga, M Minder, M Lucamarini, M Sanzaro… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Twin-field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) fundamentally alters the rate-distance
relationship of QKD, offering the scaling of a single-node quantum repeater. Although recent …

Sending-or-not-sending with independent lasers: Secure twin-field quantum key distribution over 509 km

JP Chen, C Zhang, Y Liu, C Jiang, W Zhang, XL Hu… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
Twin-field (TF) quantum key distribution (QKD) promises high key rates over long distances
to beat the rate-distance limit. Here, applying the sending-or-not-sending TF QKD protocol …