Photonics Archives - IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering

A Sparse-Event Simulation Engine to Model Coincidence-Based Ranging Architectures in Quantum Lidar

December 31, 2025Marco Passafiume Raviraj Adve Boniface Yogendran Bhashyam BalajiQuantum EngineeringBackscatter, Correlation, Engines, Jitter, Laser radar, Noise, Optical waveguides, Photonics, Quantum entanglement, Quantum radar

Abstract: Nonclassical radar and lidar systems have received substantial interest recently; however, although many experimental demonstrations have provided deep physical knowledge of such systems, there remains a lack of effective system models to obtain fundamental metrics such as range resolution as a function of system parameters. This work introduces a high-fidelity simulation platform to mimic […]

Quantum Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum CDMA Communication Systems: Mathematical Foundations

April 15, 2025Mohammad Amir Dastgheib; Jawad A. Salehi; Mohammad RezaiQuantum InternetCommunication systems, Electro-optic modulators, Encoding, Interference, Modulation, Multiaccess communication, Photonics, Quantum communication, Quantum entanglement, Quantum mechanics

Abstract: This article describes the fundamental principles and mathematical foundations of quantum direct-sequence spread-spectrum code division multiple-access communication systems. The evolution of quantum signals through the quantum direct-sequence spread-spectrum multiple-access communication system is carefully characterized by a novel approach called the decomposition of creation operators. In this methodology, the creation operator of the transmitted quantum […]

Quantum Two-Way Protocol Beyond Superdense Coding: Joint Transfer of Data and Entanglement

January 10, 2025Kristian S. Jensen, Lorenzo Valentini, René B. Christensen, Marco Chiani, Petar PopovskiQuantum InternetEncoding, Metadata, Photonics, Proposals, Protocols, Quantum channels, Quantum entanglement, Qubit, Repeaters, Throughput

In this article, we introduce a generalization of one-way superdense coding to two-way communication protocols for transmitting classical bits by using entangled quantum pairs. The proposed protocol jointly addresses the provision of entangled pairs and superdense coding, introducing an integrated approach for managing entanglement within the communication protocol. To assess the performance of the proposed […]

Fault-Tolerant One-Way Noiseless Amplification for Microwave Bosonic Quantum Information Processing

August 7, 2024Hany Khalifa, Riku Jäntti, Gheorghe Sorin ParaoanuQuantum InternetComputational modeling, Logic gates, Microwave amplifiers, Photonics, Propagation losses, Quantum entanglement, Qubit

Microwave quantum information networks require reliable transmission of single-photon propagating modes over lossy channels. In this article, we propose a microwave noiseless linear amplifier (NLA) suitable to circumvent the losses incurred by a flying photon undergoing an amplitude damping channel (ADC). The proposed model is constructed by engineering a simple 1-D four-node cluster state. Contrary […]

Superconducting Nanostrip Photon-Number-Resolving Detector as an Unbiased Random Number Generator

July 22, 2024Pasquale Ercolano, Mikkel Ejrnaes, Ciro Bruscino, Syed Muhammad Junaid Bukhari, Daniela Salvoni, Chengjun Zhang, Jia Huang, Hao Li, Lixing You, Loredana Parlato, Giovanni Piero PepeRegularDetectors, Geometry, Optical switches, Photonics, Strips, Superconducting photodetectors, Temperature measurement

Detectors capable of resolving the number of photons are essential in many applications, ranging from classic photonics to quantum optics and quantum communication. In particular, photon-number-resolving detectors based on arrays of superconducting nanostrips can offer a high detection efficiency, a low dark count rate, and a recovery time of a few nanoseconds. In this work, […]

Superconducting Nanostrip Photon-Number-Resolving Detector as an Unbiased Random Number Generator

July 22, 2024Pasquale Ercolano, Mikkel Ejrnaes, Ciro Bruscino, Syed Muhammad Junaid Bukhari, Daniela Salvoni, Chengjun Zhang, Jia Huang, Hao Li, Lixing You, Loredana Parlato, Giovanni Piero PepeQuantum InternetDetectors, Geometry, Optical switches, Photonics, Strips, Superconducting photodetectors, Temperature measurement

Quantum Computation via Multiport Discretized Quantum Fourier Optical Processors

February 19, 2024Mohammad Rezai; Jawad A. SalehiQuantum ComputingAdaptive optics, Integrated optics, Optical imaging, Optical interferometry, Optical signal processing, Photonics, Quantum computing

The light’s image is the primary source of information carrier in nature. Indeed, a single photon’s image possesses a vast information capacity that can be harnessed for quantum information processing. Our scheme for implementing quantum information processing on a discretized photon wavefront via universal multiport processors employs a class of quantum Fourier optical systems composed […]

Rateless Protograph LDPC Codes for Quantum Key Distribution

February 2, 2024Alberto Tarable, Rudi Paolo Paganelli, Marco Ferrari,Quantum InternetCodes, Parity check codes, Photonics, Protocols, Quantum channels, Quantum key distribution, Qubit

Information reconciliation (IR) is a key step in quantum key distribution (QKD). In recent years, blind reconciliation based on low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes has replaced Cascade as a standard de facto since it guarantees efficient IR without a priori quantum bit error rate estimation and with limited interactivity between the parties, which is essential in […]

Quantum Computation via Multiport Discretized Quantum Fourier Optical Processors

November 24, 2023Mohammad RezaiQuantum ComputingAdaptive optics, Integrated optics, Optical imaging, Optical interferometry, Optical signal processing, Photonics, Quantum computing

Quantum Computation via Multiport Discretized Quantum Fourier Optical Processors

November 24, 2023Mohammad Rezai, Jawad A. Salehi,Quantum ComputingAdaptive optics, Integrated optics, Optical imaging, Optical interferometry, Optical signal processing, Photonics, Quantum computing