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  1. We investigate the dimensionality of bipartite quantum systems by construction of a device-independent null witness test. This test assesses whether a given bipartite state conforms with the expected quantum d...

    Authors: Josep Batle, Tomasz Białecki, Tomasz Rybotycki, Jakub Tworzydło and Adam Bednorz
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:62
  2. Previous research has consistently demonstrated that students often possess an inadequate understanding of fundamental quantum optics concepts, even after formal instruction. Findings from physics education re...

    Authors: Fabian Hennig, Kristóf Tóth, Joaquin Veith and Philipp Bitzenbauer
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:61
  3. In the case of quantum random number generators based on single-photon arrivals, the physical properties of single-photon detectors, such as time-tagger clocks and dead time, influence the stochastic propertie...

    Authors: Balázs Solymos, Ágoston Schranz and Miklós Telek
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:60
  4. This paper outlines an alternative approach to teaching quantum computing at the high school level, tailored for students with limited prior knowledge in advanced mathematics and physics. This approach diverge...

    Authors: Qihong Sun, Shuangxiang Zhou, Ronghang Chen, Guanru Feng, King Tai Cheung, Jensen Li, Shi-Yao Hou and Bei Zeng
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:58
  5. Microwave-driven trapped ion logic gates offer a promising avenue for advancing beyond laser-based logic operations. In future microwave-based operations, however, the joule heat produced by large microwave cu...

    Authors: Yuta Tsuchimoto, Ippei Nakamura, Shotaro Shirai and Atsushi Noguchi
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:56
  6. Quantum private information retrieval (QPIR) for quantum messages is a quantum communication task, in which a user retrieves one of the multiple quantum states from the server without revealing which state is ...

    Authors: Seunghoan Song, François Le Gall and Masahito Hayashi
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:55
  7. Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) have been successfully applied to quantum approximate optimization algorithms, variational quantum compiling, and quantum machine learning models. The performance of VQAs ...

    Authors: QuanGong Ma, ChaoLong Hao, XuKui Yang, LongLong Qian, Hao Zhang, NianWen Si, MinChen Xu and Dan Qu
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:54
  8. Quantum networks that can perform user-defined protocols beyond quantum key distribution will require fully controllable entangled quantum states. To expand the available space of generated time-bin entangled ...

    Authors: Jinwoo Kim, Jiho Park, Hong-Seok Kim, Guhwan Kim, Jin Tae Kim, Jaegyu Park, Kiwon Moon, Seung-Chan Kwak, Min-su Kim and Jung Jin Ju
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:53
  9. We extend the qubit-efficient encoding presented in (Tan et al. in Quantum 5:454, 2021) and apply it to instances of the financial transaction settlement problem constructed from data provided by a regulated fina...

    Authors: Elias X. Huber, Benjamin Y. L. Tan, Paul R. Griffin and Dimitris G. Angelakis
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:52
  10. Possible squeezed states generated in a three-waveguide nonlinear coupler operating with second harmonic generation is discussed. This study is carried out using two well-known techniques; the phase space meth...

    Authors: Mohd Syafiq M. Hanapi, Abdel-Baset M. A. Ibrahim, Rafael Julius, Pankaj K. Choudhury and Hichem Eleuch
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:51
  11. This paper introduces a novel and efficient technique for quantum state estimation, coined as low-rank matrix-completion quantum state tomography for characterizing pure quantum states, as it requires only non...

    Authors: Shehbaz Tariq, Ahmad Farooq, Junaid Ur Rehman, Trung Q. Duong and Hyundong Shin
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:50
  12. We provide experimental validation of quantum encryption in phase space using displacement operators in coherent states (DOCS) in a conventional coherent optical communication system. The proposed encryption t...

    Authors: Mostafa Khalil, Adrian Chan, David V. Plant, Lawrence R. Chen and Randy Kuang
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:49
  13. Quantum key distribution is costly and, at the moment, offers low performance in space applications. Other more recent protocols could offer a potential practical solution to this problem. In this work, a prel...

    Authors: Pedro Neto Mendes, Gonçalo Lobato Teixeira, David Pinho, Rui Rocha, Paulo André, Manfred Niehus, Ricardo Faleiro, Davide Rusca and Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:48
  14. In this paper, we further verify the validity of the quantum partial adiabatic search algorithm which was initialized in the previous related works by revisiting its quantum circuit model. The main results got...

    Authors: Jie Sun, Dunbo Cai, Songfeng Lu, Ling Qian and Runqing Zhang
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:47
  15. Estimating the overlap between two states is an important task with several applications in quantum information. However, the typical swap test circuit can only measure a sole pair of quantum states at a time....

    Authors: Wen Liu, Yang-Zhi Li, Han-Wen Yin, Zhi-Rao Wang and Jiang Wu
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:46
  16. We investigate the potential of combining the computational power of noisy quantum computers and of classical scalable convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The goal is to accurately predict exact expectation ...

    Authors: Simone Cantori, Andrea Mari, David Vitali and Sebastiano Pilati
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:45
  17. Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) have made great success in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era due to their relative resilience to noise and high flexibility relative to quantum resources. Qu...

    Authors: Zhimin He, Chuangtao Chen, Zhengjiang Li, Haozhen Situ, Fei Zhang, Shenggen Zheng and Lvzhou Li
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:44
  18. The development of a universal fault-tolerant quantum computer that can solve efficiently various difficult computational problems is an outstanding challenge for science and technology. In this work, we propo...

    Authors: Anastasiia S. Nikolaeva, Evgeniy O. Kiktenko and Aleksey K. Fedorov
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:43
  19. High-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD-QKD) encoded by orbital angular momentum (OAM) presents significant advantages in terms of information capacity. However, perturbations caused by free-space atmosp...

    Authors: Jia-Hao Li, Jie Tang, Xing-Yu Wang, Yang Xue, Hui-Cun Yu, Zhi-Feng Deng, Yue-Xiang Cao, Ying Liu, Dan Wu, Hao-Ran Hu, Ya Wang, Hua-Zhi Lun, Jia-Hua Wei, Bo Zhang, Bo Liu and Lei Shi
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:40
  20. In the context of the second quantum revolution, the ability to manipulate quantum systems is already used for various techniques and a growing number of technology demonstrators, mostly with low energy photon...

    Authors: S. Ujeniuc and R. Suvaila
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:39
  21. Quantum computing (QC) is a new and disruptive technology with large economic potential especially in application and downstream value creation stages. Hence, it is important for an economy to understand the c...

    Authors: Julia Binder, Lara Hachmann and Sebastian Luber
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:38
  22. Secure semi-quantum summation entails the collective computation of the sum of private secrets by multi-untrustworthy and resource-limited participants, facilitated by a quantum third-party. This paper introdu...

    Authors: Yuan Tian, Nanyijia Zhang, Chongqiang Ye, Genqing Bian and Jian Li
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:35
  23. Quantum entanglement is a challenging concept within the field of physics education, often eluding a full grasp by both educators and learners alike. In this paper, we report findings from a two-phase empirica...

    Authors: Michael Brang, Helena Franke, Franziska Greinert, Malte S. Ubben, Fabian Hennig and Philipp Bitzenbauer
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:33
  24. With a growing interest in quantum technology globally, there is an increasing need for accessing relevant physical systems for education and research. In this paper we introduce a commercially available on-si...

    Authors: Jami Rönkkö, Olli Ahonen, Ville Bergholm, Alessio Calzona, Attila Geresdi, Hermanni Heimonen, Johannes Heinsoo, Vladimir Milchakov, Stefan Pogorzalek, Matthew Sarsby, Mykhailo Savytskyi, Stefan Seegerer, Fedor Šimkovic IV, P. V. Sriluckshmy, Panu T. Vesanen and Mikio Nakahara
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:32
  25. We showcase the digital quantum simulation of the action of a Hamiltonian that governs the interaction between a quantum mechanical oscillator and an optical field, generating quantum entanglement between them...

    Authors: Pablo Guillermo Carmona Rufo, Anupam Mazumdar, Sougato Bose and Carlos Sabín
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:31
  26. Due to its large electric dipole moment, the Rydberg atom exhibits a strong response to weak electric fields, hence it is regarded as a highly promising atomic antenna. However, to enhance the reception sensit...

    Authors: Bo Wu, Yan-Li Zhou, Zhen-Ke Ding, Rui-Qi Mao, Si-Xian Qian, Zhi-Qian Wan, Yi Liu, Qiang An, Yi Lin and Yun-Qi Fu
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:30
  27. Quantum physics (QP) education at the secondary school level is still in its infancy. Not only is there ongoing discussion about how to teach this subject, but there is also a lack of coherence in the selectio...

    Authors: Avraham Merzel, Philipp Bitzenbauer, Kim Krijtenburg-Lewerissa, Kirsten Stadermann, Erica Andreotti, Daria Anttila, Maria Bondani, Maria Luisa (Marilù) Chiofalo, Sergej Faletič, Renaat Frans, Simon Goorney, Franziska Greinert, Leon Jurčić, Zdeňka Koupilová, Massimiliano Malgieri, Rainer Müller…
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:27
  28. The classical moving target segmentation (MTS) algorithm in a video can segment the moving targets out by calculating frame by frame, but the algorithm encounters a real-time problem as the data increases. Rec...

    Authors: Lu Wang, Yuxiang Liu, Fanxu Meng, Wenjie Liu, Zaichen Zhang and Xutao Yu
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:26
  29. Rydberg atom-based superheterodyne with additional local oscillator (LO) signal is a novel approach to detect electric field with high measured sensitivity. However, the LO signal is often supplied to the atom...

    Authors: Bo Wu, Dunwei Liao, Zhenke Ding, Kai Yang, Yi Liu, Di Sang, Qiang An and Yunqi Fu
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:22
  30. We demonstrate an implementation of the precise test of dimension on the qubit, using the public IBM quantum computer, using the determinant dimension witness. The accuracy is below 10−3 comparing to maximal poss...

    Authors: Tomasz Białecki, Tomasz Rybotycki, Josep Batle, Jakub Tworzydło and Adam Bednorz
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:21
  31. The properties of strongly-coupled lattice gauge theories at finite density as well as in real time have largely eluded first-principles studies on the lattice. This is due to the failure of importance samplin...

    Authors: Michael Fromm, Owe Philipsen, Michael Spannowsky and Christopher Winterowd
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:20
  32. Quantum circuit optimization is an inevitable task with the current noisy quantum backends. This task is considered non-trivial due to the varying circuits’ complexities in addition to hardware-specific noise,...

    Authors: Norhan Elsayed Amer, Walid Gomaa, Keiji Kimura, Kazunori Ueda and Ahmed El-Mahdy
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:19
  33. In this paper, by utilizing d-dimensional single-particle states, three semiquantum cryptography protocols, i.e., the multi-party semiquantum private comparison (MSQPC) protocol, the multi-party semiquantum multi...

    Authors: Jiang-Yuan Lian and Tian-Yu Ye
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:17
  34. Despite rapid growth of quantum information science (QIS) workforce development initiatives, perceived lack of agreement among faculty on core content has made prior research-based curriculum and assessment de...

    Authors: Josephine C. Meyer, Gina Passante, Steven J. Pollock and Bethany R. Wilcox
    Citation: EPJ Quantum Technology 2024 11:16

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