Fast single-photon detectors and real-time key distillation enable high secret-key-rate quantum key distribution systems

F Grünenfelder, A Boaron, GV Resta, M Perrenoud… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum key distribution has emerged as the most viable scheme to guarantee information
security in the presence of large-scale quantum computers and, thanks to the continuous …

Source-independent quantum random number generator against tailored detector blinding attacks

WB Liu, YS Lu, Y Fu, SC Huang, ZJ Yin, K Jiang… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Randomness, mainly in the form of random numbers, is the fundamental prerequisite for the
security of many cryptographic tasks. Quantum randomness can be extracted even if …

Observing quantum coherence from photons scattered in free-space

S Sajeed, T Jennewein - Light: Science & Applications, 2021 - nature.com
Quantum channels in free-space, an essential prerequisite for fundamental tests of quantum
mechanics and quantum technologies in open space, have so far been based on direct line …

Quantum control attack: Towards joint estimation of protocol and hardware loopholes

A Kozubov, A Gaidash, G Miroshnichenko - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
In this paper we present the approach for description of quantum control attack based on
combined protocol and hardware loopholes. It consolidates intercept-resend attack and …

Photon-number-resolving and ultra-fast multipixel SNSPD arrays for quantum photonic platforms

GV Resta, L Stasi, M Perrenoud, R Thew… - Optical Fiber …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We report on a high-efficiency multipixel SNSPD array detecting at> 1. 5 GHz and that has
excellent photon-number resolving (PNR) capability at 1550 nm. This device enables …

[HTML][HTML] Countering detector manipulation attacks in quantum communication through detector self-testing

L Shen, C Kurtsiefer - APL Photonics, 2025 - pubs.aip.org
In practical quantum key distribution systems, imperfect physical devices open security
loopholes that challenge the core promise of this technology. Apart from various side …

MoRCiTO: hacia un modelo de referencia de ciberseguridad para la tecnología de la operación como preparación para la era cuántica, a fin de prevenir ataques de …

S Amador-Donado, CJ Pardo-Calvache… - Revista …, 2024 - revistas.udistrital.edu.co
En esta publicación se propone un modelo de referencia de ciberseguridad para la
tecnología de la operación (MoRCiTO) como preparación para la era cuántica para prevenir …

[PDF][PDF] The performance of single-photon sources for quantum key distribution

TG Gao - 2024 - depositonce.tu-berlin.de
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an integral part of the future quantum internet allowing
two parties to share a secret key with information-theoretic security. The exchange of single …