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We establish the classical capacity of optical quantum channels as a sharp transition between two regimes---one which is an error-free regime for communication rates below the capacity, and the other in which the probability of correctly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Bhaskar Roy Bardhan , Raul Garcia-Patron , Mark M. Wilde , Andreas Winter

The fundamental information-theoretic limits of covert, or low probability of detection (LPD), communication have been extensively studied for over a decade, resulting in the square root law (SRL): only $L\sqrt{n}$ covert bits can be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Rohan Bali , Trevor E. Bailey , Michael S. Bullock , Boulat A. Bash

We consider the situation in which a transmitter attempts to communicate reliably over a discrete memoryless channel while simultaneously ensuring covertness (low probability of detection) with respect to a warden, who observes the signals…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Matthieu R. Bloch

We present truly ultimate limits on covert quantum communication by exploiting quantum-mechanical properties of the Minkowski vacuum in the quantum field theory framework. Our main results are the following: We show how two parties equipped…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Kamil Bradler , Timjan Kalajdzievski , George Siopsis , Christian Weedbrook

We demonstrate the achievability of a square root limit on the amount of information transmitted reliably and with low probability of detection (LPD) over the single-mode lossy bosonic channel if either the eavesdropper's measurements or…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-25 Boulat A. Bash , Saikat Guha , Dennis Goeckel , Don Towsley

The fundamental information-theoretic limits of covert, or low probability of detection/intercept (LPD/LPI), communication have been extensively studied for over a decade, resulting in the square root law (SRL): only $L\sqrt{n}$ covert bits…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Rohan Bali , Trevor E. Bailey , Michael S. Bullock , Boulat A. Bash

We study the fundamental limits of covert communications over general memoryless additive-noise channels. We assume that the legitimate receiver and the eavesdropper share the same channel and therefore see the same outputs. Under mild…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Cécile Bouette , Laura Luzzi , Ligong Wang

Quantum communication holds a promise for absolutely secure transmission of secret messages and faithful transfer of unknown quantum states. Photonic channels appear to be very attractive for physical implementation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Lu-Ming Duan , Mikhail Lukin , Ignacio Cirac , Peter Zoller

Quantum communications promise to revolutionise the way information is exchanged and protected. Unlike their classical counterpart, they are based on dim optical pulses that cannot be amplified by conventional optical repeaters.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-07 M. Minder , M. Pittaluga , G. L. Roberts , M. Lucamarini , J. F. Dynes , Z. L. Yuan , A. J. Shields

We show that covert secret key expansion is possible using a public authenticated classical channel and a quantum channel largely under control of an adversary, which we precisely define. We also prove a converse result showing that, under…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Mehrdad Tahmasbi , Matthieu R. Bloch

Quantum communication typically involves a linear chain of repeater stations, each capable of reliable local quantum computation and connected to their nearest neighbors by unreliable communication links. The communication rate in existing…

Covert communication is the undetected transmission of sensitive information over a communication channel. In wireless communication systems, channel impairments such as signal fading present challenges in the effective implementation and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Amir Reza Ramtin , Dennis Goeckel , Don Towsley

We suggest a method to perform a quantum logic gate between distant qubits by off-resonant field-atom dispersive interactions. The scheme we present is shown to work ideally even in the presence of errors in the photon channels used for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Anders Soerensen , Klaus Moelmer

We study a covert queueing channel (CQC) between two users sharing a round robin scheduler. Such a covert channel can arise when users share a resource such as a computer processor or a router arbitrated by a round robin policy. We present…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-16 AmirEmad Ghassami , Ali Yekkehkhany , Negar Kiyavash

Quantum repeaters (QRs) provide a way of enabling long distance quantum communication by establishing entangled qubits between remote locations. We investigate a new approach to QRs in which quantum information can be faithfully transmitted…

In this thesis, we are interested in the limits of quantum communication with and without entanglement, and with and without noise assumptions on the communication setup. When a sender and a receiver are connected by a communication line…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 Paula Belzig

Quantum secure direct communication is one of the important mode of quantum communication, which sends secret information through a quantum channel directly without setting up a prior key. Over the past decade, numerous protocols have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-13 Jianyong Hu , Mingyong Jing , Peng Zhang , Qiangqiang Zhang , Huifang Hou , Liantuan Xiao , Suotang Jia

As quantum computers become available through multi-tenant cloud platforms, ensuring privacy against adversaries sharing the same quantum processing unit becomes critical. We introduce and explore \emph{covert quantum computing}, a new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Evan J. D. Anderson , Kaushik Datta , Boulat A. Bash

We show how to create maximally entangled EPR pairs between spatially distant atoms, each of them inside a high-Q optical cavity, by sending photons through a general, noisy channel, such as a standard optical fiber. An error correction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. -J. Briegel , W. Dür , S. J. van Enk , J. I. Cirac , P. Zoller

Quantum physics allows for unconditionally secure communication through insecure communication channels. The achievable rates of quantum-secured communication are fundamentally limited by the laws of quantum physics and in particular by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-16 Cosmo Lupo , Seth Lloyd