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Twin-Field Quantum Key Distribution requires first-order interference between coherent states sent by Alice and Bob in a mid-station Charlie. In order to obtain stable operation and maximum interferometric visibility, not only phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Christiano M. S. Nascimento , Felipe Calliari , Guilherme P. Temporão

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a promising technology aiming at solving the security problem arising from the advent of quantum computers. While the main theoretical aspects are well developed today, limited performances, in terms of…

We analyze the performance of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols that rely on discrete phase randomization (DPR). For many QKD protocols that rely on weak coherent pulses (WCPs), continuous phase randomization is assumed, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-05 Zhaohui Liu , Ahmed Lawey , Mohsen Razavi

Digital signal processing (DSP) is supporting novel in-field applications of optical interferometry, such as in laser ranging and distributed acoustic sensing. While the highest performances are achieved with field-programmable gated arrays…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-08 Simone Donadello , Elio K. Bertacco , Davide Calonico , Cecilia Clivati

This work presents techniques which can allow low-cost phased-array receivers to be reconfigured as interferometric imagers and thereby reducing cost. Since traditional phased arrays power combine incoming signals prior to digitization,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-21 Vikas Chauhan

Quantum key distribution (QKD) allows two users to communicate with theoretically provable secrecy by encoding information on photonic qubits. Current encoders are complex, however, which reduces their appeal for practical use and…

We analyze a new Rydberg gate design based on the original $\pi-2\pi-\pi$ protocol [Jaksch, et. al. Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 85}, 2208 (2000)] that is modified to enable high fidelity operation without requiring a strong Rydberg interaction.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Daniel C. Cole , Vikas Buchemmavari , Mark Saffman

A numerical security proof technique is used to analyse the security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) protocols with phase-shift keying modulation against collective attacks in the asymptotic limit. We argue why it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Florian Kanitschar , Christoph Pacher

Traditional phase-shifting interferometry technique cannot be used to measure time-varying phase distributions. But single shot techniques could resolve the problem. Many efforts have been made on the phase retrieval methods from a single…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-31 Lifa Hu , Wen Shena , Wenchao Ma , Dongting Hu , Xinyu Liu

We present a new fiber based quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme which can be regarded as a modification of an idea proposed by Inoue, Waks and Yamamoto (IWY) [1]. The scheme described here uses a single phase modulator and two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 William T. Buttler , Justin R. Torgerson , Steven K. Lamoreaux

The dispersed fixed-delay Intereferometer (DFDI) method is attractive for its low cost, compact size, and multiobject capability in precision radial-velocity (RV) measurements. The phase shift of fringes of stellar absorption lines is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Ji Wang , Jian Ge , Xiaoke Wan , Brian Lee , Nathan De Lee

Optical interferometers are extensively used in fundamental physics test, gravitational wave detection, quantum metrology, topological photonics, and quantum information processing. Fiber-based interferometers are compact, robust and cheap,…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-21 Ruiyang Chen , Yi-Han Luo , Jinbao Long , Junqiu Liu

Decoy-state quantum key distribution (QKD) is undoubtedly the most efficient solution to handle multi-photon signals emitted by laser sources, and provides the same secret key rate scaling as ideal single-photon sources. It requires,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Xoel Sixto , Guillermo Currás-Lorenzo , Kiyoshi Tamaki , Marcos Curty

Phase correlations are an under-explored vulnerability in QKD. Here, we present an experimental and simulated characterization of correlations arising from electro-optic phase encoding, over repetition rates up to the GHz level. To mitigate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-24 Amita Gnanapandithan , Li Qian , Hoi-Kwong Lo

An adaptive BDF2 implicit time-stepping method is analyzed for the phase field crystal model. The suggested method is proved to preserve a modified energy dissipation law at the discrete levels if the time-step ratios…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Hong-lin Liao , Bingquan Ji , Luming Zhang

The present thesis deals with various methods of quantum error correction. It is divided into two parts. In the first part, dynamical decoupling methods are considered which have the task of suppressing the influence of residual…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-30 Oliver Kern

The blooming of attosecond science (1 as = $10^{-18}$ s) has raised the need to exquisitely control the delay between two ultrashort light pulses, one of them being intense and in the visible spectral range, while the second is weak and in…

We propose a method to track signals from quadrant photodiodes (QPD) in heterodyne laser interferometers that employ digital phase-locked loops for phase readout. Instead of separately tracking the four segments from the QPD and then…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-17 Gerhard Heinzel , Miguel Dovale Álvarez , Alvise Pizzella , Nils Brause , Juan José Esteban Delgado

Precise measurements in optical and atomic systems often rely on differential interferometry. This method allows to handle large and correlated phase noise contributions -- such as environmental vibrations, thermal fluctuations, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Luca Pezzè , Andrea Santoni , Chiara Mazzinghi , Marco Fattori , Augusto Smerzi

Measurement-device-independent (MDI) method is a way to solve all detector side-channel attacks in quantum key distribution (QKD). However, very little work has been done on experimentally feasible qudit-based MDI-QKD scheme although the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 H. F. Chau , Cardythy Wong , Qinan Wang , Tieqiao Huang