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Long-Distance Quantum Communications

A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 4874

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Christoph Simon

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Institute for Quantum Science and Technology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Interests: quantum optics; quantum information processing; quantum networks
Dr. Giuseppe Vallone

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Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Interests: quantum optics; quantum communication and information; quantum key distribution
Dr. David Elkouss

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Research and Development in Quantum Technology (QuTech), Technical University of Delft, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: error correcting codes; capacities of quantum channels; quantum key distribution; distributed quantum computation
Dr. Mohsen Razavi

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School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Interests: quantum communications; quantum key distribution; quantum communications networks; quantum repeaters; optical communications
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Quantum Information science is at a crucial phase of becoming a technology. Recent advances in fiber-based, through-the-air, and satellite quantum key distribution (QKD), entanglement distribution, and quantum teleportation, as well as the tremendous progress in the development of quantum processing and quantum storage tools has brought us closer to full deployment of quantum technologies at large scales. Perhaps, one of the key required advancements is to improve the reach of quantum systems, especially those designed to enable secure communications in the quantum era. In this regard, systems such as quantum repeaters and satellite quantum communication have been proposed to achieve long-distance quantum communications. We would like to invite you to submit your original theoretical and/or experimental contributions to this Special Issue on long-distance quantum communications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Long-distance quantum key distribution;
  • Quantum networks and quantum repeaters;
  • Quantum memories;
  • Entanglement distillation and relevant quantum error correction techniques;
  • Satellite-based quantum communications;
  • Quantum Internet and quantum applications therein.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Simon
Dr. Giuseppe Vallone
Dr. David Elkouss
Dr. Mohsen Razavi
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Entropy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • quantum communications
  • quantum networks
  • quantum key distribution
  • quantum repeaters
  • satellite-based quantum communications
  • quantum memories

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Satellite Quantum Communications When Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Are Excluded
by Tom Vergoossen, Robert Bedington, James A. Grieve and Alexander Ling
Entropy 2019, 21(4), 387; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/e21040387 - 10 Apr 2019
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Abstract
An application of quantum communications is the transmission of qubits to create shared symmetric encryption keys in a process called quantum key distribution (QKD). Contrary to public-private key encryption, symmetric encryption is considered safe from (quantum) computing attacks, i.e. it provides forward security [...] Read more.
An application of quantum communications is the transmission of qubits to create shared symmetric encryption keys in a process called quantum key distribution (QKD). Contrary to public-private key encryption, symmetric encryption is considered safe from (quantum) computing attacks, i.e. it provides forward security and is thus attractive for secure communications. In this paper we argue that for free-space quantum communications, especially with satellites, if one assumes that man-in-the-middle attacks can be detected by classical channel monitoring techniques, simplified quantum communications protocols and hardware systems can be implemented that offer improved key rates. We term these protocols photon key distribution (PKD) to differentiate them from the standard QKD protocols. We identify three types of photon sources and calculate asymptotic secret key rates for PKD protocols and compare them to their QKD counterparts. PKD protocols use only one measurement basis which we show roughly doubles the key rates. Furthermore, with the relaxed security assumptions one can establish keys at very high losses, in contrast to QKD where at the same losses privacy amplification would make key generation impossible. Full article
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