Emerging Trends in Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Optical Communication
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2025 | Viewed by 215
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photonic chips, artificial intelligence, quantum optical communication, quantum key distribution
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Dear Colleagues,
Quantum optical communication is an optical communication method based on quantum information theory and quantum mechanics. In the future, electronic technologies will be more and more complemented by quantum optical communication.
Quantum teleportation, quantum secure direct communication, quantum secret sharing and other branches of quantum optical communication have always been hot spots in the field of cutting-edge basic theoretical research and scientific experimental exploration, but they are limited to the practical development level, and there is still a certain distance from industrial application. As a branch of quantum optical communication technology with the most practical prospect, quantum communication based on quantum key distribution (QKD) has been preliminarily mature and entered the popularization trial stage.
Quantum key distribution (QKD) has become a promising option for transmitting secret data. Although there is a potential eavesdropper, known as Eve, in the transmitting channel, the quantum uncertainty principle and the quantum no-cloning theorem can guarantee the unconditional security of the quantum key distribution.
The objective of this Special Issue is to showcase the most up-to-date developments in quantum key distribution and quantum optical communication. In this Special Issue, we welcome original research articles on quantum key distribution and quantum optical communication, both from theoretical and experimental perspectives. Reviews of the latest work in this area are also welcome. The topics of this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The emerging trend of quantum key distribution for fiber channel, atmospheric channel, oceanic channel, and satellite–ground communication;
- The emerging trend of quantum teleportation;
- The emerging trend of quantum secure direct communication;
- The emerging trend of quantum secret sharing;
- The emerging trend of quantum internet architectures, protocols, and design principles;
- The emerging trend of quantum random number generators;
- The emerging trend of quantum repeaters and memories.
Dr. Duan Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quantum optical communication
- quantum key distribution
- continuous-variable
- discrete-variable
- quantum teleportation
- quantum secure direct communication
- quantum secret sharing
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