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Design and analysis of communication protocols for quantum repeater networks

New Journal of Physics, 2016
We analyze how the performance of a quantum-repeater network depends on the protocol employed to distribute entanglement, and we find that the choice of repeater-to-repeater link protocol has a profound impact on entanglement-distribution rate as a ...
Cody Jones, Danny Kim, Matthew T Rakher, Paul G Kwiat, Thaddeus D Ladd   +4 more
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Passive Decoy-State Quantum Key Distribution with Coherent Light

Entropy, 2015
Signal state preparation in quantum key distribution schemes can be realized using either an active or a passive source. Passive sources might be valuable in some scenarios; for instance, in those experimental setups operating at high transmission rates,
Marcos Curty, Marc Jofre, Valerio Pruneri, Morgan W. Mitchell   +3 more
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Copper Doping Enhances the Activity and Selectivity of Atomically Precise Ag44 Nanoclusters for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
By a simple anti‐Galvanic reaction, up to six copper atoms could be preferably doped into the Ag2(SR)5 staple motifs and Ag20 dodecahedral shell of an atomically precise Ag44(SR)30 nanocluster. When anatase TiO2 is used as substrate, the (AgCu)44/TiO2 photocatalyst exhibited much improved activity in photocatalytic CO2 reduction compared to Ag44/TiO2 ...
Ye Liu, Xi Zheng, Xiufan Liu, Tengyuan Gao, Nicola Pinna, Yu Wang   +5 more
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Engineering Porous Hollow Metal‐Poly(Heptazine Imide) Spheres: An Optimized Synthetic Strategy for Controlling Surface, Morphology, and Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Hollow poly(heptazine imide) spheres are prepared through a novel approach that integrates hard templating with ionothermal synthesis. This method enables precise control over surface area, pore volume, hydrophilicity, light absorption, band position, and metal composition. These tunable properties facilitate the customized design of semiconductors for
Lingli Ni, Erik Troschke, Henrik Vorwerk, Shiva Shahbazi Avarvand, Andreas Stihl, Nadzeya Brezhneva, Marius Hermesdorf, Desirée Leistenschneider, Felix H. Schacher, Jacob Schneidewind, Martin Oschatz   +10 more
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Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gas Sensor for Acetone Detection Using Correlated Laser Speckles

Photonic Sensors
Acetone is a widely used volatile organic compound in various industries, and several gas sensors have been developed for its detection and real-time monitoring.
Xiaoquan Bai, Ning Bu, Yuxiang Yan, Yifei Ma, Mei Wang, Suotang Jia, Xuyuan Chen, Zhaomin Tong   +7 more
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Impact of Humidity on Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Based CO Detection Using a Near-IR Telecommunication Diode Laser

Sensors, 2016
A near-IR CO trace gas sensor based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) is evaluated using humidified nitrogen samples. Relaxation processes in the CO-N2-H2O system are investigated.
Xukun Yin, Lei Dong, Huadan Zheng, Xiaoli Liu, Hongpeng Wu, Yanfang Yang, Weiguang Ma, Lei Zhang, Wangbao Yin, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia   +10 more
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Pentagonal 2D Altermagnets: Material Screening and Altermagnetic Tunneling Junction Device Application

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
From a database of 170 pentagonal 2D materials, 4 candidates exhibiting altermagnetic ordering are screened. Furthermore, the spin‐splitting and unconventional boundary states in the pentagonal 2D altermagnetic monolayer MnS2 are investigated. A MnS2‐based altermagnetic tunneling junction is designed and, through ab initio quantum transport simulations,
Jianhua Wang, Xingyue Yang, Zongmeng Yang, Jing Lu, Pin Ho, Wenhong Wang, Yee Sin Ang, Zhenxiang Cheng, Shibo Fang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semi-device-independent quantum random number generator with a broadband squeezed state of light

npj Quantum Information
Random numbers are a basic ingredient of simulation algorithms and cryptography, and play a significant part in computer simulation and information processing.
Jialin Cheng, Shaocong Liang, Jiliang Qin, Jiatong Li, Zhihui Yan, Xiaojun Jia, Changde Xie, Kunchi Peng   +7 more
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Robust Quantum Public-Key Encryption with Applications to Quantum Key Distribution

Quantum key distribution (QKD) allows Alice and Bob to agree on a shared secret key, while communicating over a public (untrusted) quantum channel. Compared to classical key exchange, it has two main advantages: (i) The key is unconditionally hidden to the eyes of any attacker, and (ii) its security assumes only the existence of authenticated classical
Malavolta, Giulio, Walter, Michael
openaire   +3 more sources

Non Thermal‐Driven Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition at Near‐Room Temperature on a Plasmonic Nanocone Array

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Plasmonic photocatalytic ammonia decomposition occurs at near‐room temperature on a plasmonic Au nanocone array under visible light illumination. The nanostructure efficiently harnesses plasmonic modes, leading to increased reaction rates upon plasmon decay.
Thanh‐Lam Bui, S. M. Hossein Hejazi, Jan Navrátil, Hana Kmentová, Petr Bábor, Olivier Henrotte, Luca Mascaretti, Matteo Bisetto, Stephen K. Sanders, Andrea Schirato, Michal Otyepka, Piotr Błoński, Tiziano Montini, Radek Zboril, Paolo Fornasiero, Alessandro Alabastri, Alberto Naldoni, Stepan Kment   +17 more
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