====== Nicolas Cerf ====== Return to Nicolas Cerf's [[members:ncerf|home page]] ===== Publications ===== [[publications#1991|1991]] [[publications#1992|1992]] [[publications#1993|1993]] [[publications#1994|1994]] [[publications#1995|1995]] [[publications#1996|1996]] [[publications#1997|1997]] [[publications#1998|1998]] [[publications#1999|1999]] [[publications#2000|2000]] [[publications#2001|2001]] [[publications#2002|2002]] [[publications#2003|2003]] [[publications#2004|2004]] [[publications#2005|2005]] [[publications#2006|2006]] [[publications#2007|2007]] [[publications#2008|2008]] [[publications#2009|2009]] === 2009 === //Continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocols over noisy channels//, \\ R. Garcia-Patron and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 130501.\\ {{publications:2009-PRL-102-130501.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3954|arXiv:0806.3954 [quant-ph]]] //Tests of multimode quantum nonlocality with homodyne measurements//,\\ A. Acin, N. J. Cerf, A. Ferraro, and J. Niset,\\ Phys. Rev. A 79 (2009) 012112.\\ {{publications:2009-PRA-79-012112.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2373|arXiv:0808.2373 [quant-ph]]] //No-go theorem for Gaussian quantum error correction//, \\ J. Niset, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 120501.\\ {{publications:2009-PRL-102-120501.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3128|arXiv:0811.3128 [quant-ph]]] //Extending Hudson's theorem to mixed quantum states//, \\ A. Mandilara, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 79 (2009) 062302.\\ {{publications:2009-PRA-79-062302.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2501|arXiv:0808.2501 [quant-ph]]] //Unconditional security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution//, \\ A. Leverrier, E. Karpov, P. Grangier, and N. J. Cerf,\\ [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2252|arXiv:0809.2252 [quant-ph]]] //Quantum de Finetti theorem in phase-space representation//, \\ A. Leverrier and N. J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 80 (2009) 010102(R).\\ {{publications:2009-PRA-80-010102.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4862|arXiv:0904.4862 [quant-ph]]] //Strong no-go theorem for Gaussian quantum bit commitment//, \\ L. Magnin, F. Magniez, A. Leverrier, and N. J. Cerf, \\ [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3419|arXiv:0905.3419 [quant-ph]]] //Capacity of a bosonic memory channel with Gauss-Markov noise//,\\ J. Schäfer, D. Daems, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 80 (2009) 062313.\\ {{publications:2009-PRA-80-062313.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0982|arXiv:0907.0982 [quant-ph]]]\\ {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2008 === //Exploring scalar quantum walks on Cayley graphs//, \\ O. Lopez Acevedo, J. Roland, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Quant. Inform. Comp. 8 (2008) 68-81.\\ {{publications:2008-QIC-8-68.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609234|arXiv: quant-ph/0609234]] //Experimentally feasible quantum erasure-correcting code for continuous variables// ,\\ J. Niset, U.L. Andersen, and N.J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 130503.\\ {{publications:2008-PRL-101-130503.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4858|arXiv:0710.4858 [quant-ph]]] //Quantum cloning a pair of orthogonally polarized photons with linear optics// \\ J. Fiurasek and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 77 (2008) 052308.\\ {{publications:2008-PRA-77-052308.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4212|arXiv:0711.4212 [quant-ph]]] //Quantum search by parallel eigenvalue adiabatic passage //, \\ D. Daems, S. Guérin, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 78 (2008) 042322.\\ {{publications:2008-PRA-78-042322.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.0148|arXiv:0810.0148 [quant-ph]]] //The security of practical quantum key distribution [Review article]// \\ V. Scarani, H. Bechmann-Pasquinucci, N. J. Cerf, M. Dusek, N. Lutkenhaus, and M. Peev,\\ Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1301 (2009)\\ {{publications:2009-RMP-81-001301.pdf|PDF File}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4155|arXiv:0802.4155 [quant-ph]]] {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2007 === //From quantum cloning to quantum key distribution with continuous variables: a review (Invited)//, \\ N. J. Cerf and P. Grangier,\\ J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24 (2007) 324-334.\\ (special issue on "Optical Quantum Information Science")\\ {{publications:2007-JOSA-B24-324.pdf|PDF file}} //Superiority of entangled measurements over all local strategies for the estimation of product coherent states//, \\ J. Niset, A. Acin, U. L. Andersen, N. J. Cerf, R. Garcia-Patron, M. Navascues, and M. Sabuncu,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 260404 (2007) \\ {{publications:2007-PRL-98-260404.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608215|arXiv quant-ph/0608215]] //Optimal multicopy asymmetric Gaussian cloning of coherent states//, \\ J. Fiurasek and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 75 (2007) 052335. \\ {{publications:2007-PRA-75-052335.pdf|PDF File}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610205|arXiv quant-ph/0610205]] //Experimental implementation of non-Gaussian attacks on a continuous-variable quantum key distribution system//, \\ J. Lodewyck, T. Debuisschert, R. Garcia-Patron, R. Tualle-Brouri, N. J. Cerf, and P. Grangier,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 030503.\\ {{publications:2007-PRL-98-030503.pdf|PDF File}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701238|arXiv quant-ph/0701238]] //Tight bounds on the concurrence of quantum superpositions//, \\ J. Niset and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 76 (2007) 042328.\\ {{publications:2007-PRA-76-042328.pdf|PDF File}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.4650|arXiv:0705.4650 [quant-ph]]] //Quantum key distribution over 25 km with an all-fiber continuous-variable system// ,\\ J. Lodewyck, M. Bloch, R. Garcia-Patron, S. Fossier, E. Karpov, E. Diamanti, T. Debuisschert, N. J. Cerf, R. Tualle-Brouri, S. W. McLaughlin, and P. Grangier,\\ Phys. Rev. A 76 (2007) 042305\\ {{publications:2007-PRA-76-042305.pdf|PDF File}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4255|arXiv:0706.4255 [quant-ph]]] //Tight bounds on the eavesdropping of a continuous-variable quantum cryptographic protocol with no basis switching//, \\ J. Sudjana, L. Magnin, R. Garcia-Patron, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 76 (2007) 052301.\\ {{publications:2007-PRA-76-052301.pdf|PDF File}}, [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4283|arXiv:0706.4283 [quant-ph]]] //Three topics in quantum communication: error filtration, quantum string flipping, photon pair generation in periodically poled fibers// ,\\ S. Massar, K. Phan Huy, E. Brainis, A.-T. Nguyen, M. Haelterman, Ph. Emplit, N.J. Cerf, L.-Ph. Lamoureux, D. Amans, C. Corbari, A. Canagasabey, M. Ibsen, P. G. Kazansky, A. Fotiadi, P. Mégret, and O. Deparis,\\ in: //Quantum Communication and Security//, edited by M. Zukowski, S. Kilin, and J. Kowalik, (IOS Press, 2007), pp.3-10. //Continuous-variable quantum key distribution//, \\ F. Grosshans, A. Acin, and N. J. Cerf,\\ in: //Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light//, edited by N.J. Cerf, G. Leuchs, and E.S. Polzik, (Imperial College Press, London, 2007), pp. 63-83. \\ {{publications:2007-grosshans.pdf|PDF file}} //Loophole-free test of quantum nonlocality with continuous variables of light//, \\ R. Garcia-Patron, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,\\ in: //Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light//, edited by N.J. Cerf, G. Leuchs, and E.S. Polzik, (Imperial College Press, London, 2007), pp. 121-139.\\ {{publications:2007-garcia.pdf|PDF file}} {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2006 === //Reduced randomness in quantum cryptography with sequences of qubits encoded in the same basis//, \\ L.-P. Lamoureux, H. Bechmann-Pasquinucci, N. J. Cerf, N. Gisin, and C. Macchiavello,\\ Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006) 032304.\\ {{publications:2006-PRA-73-032304.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507058|arXiv quant-ph/0507058]] //Optical quantum cloning// [Review article]\\ N. J. Cerf and J. Fiurasek,\\ in: Progress in Optics, 49, edited by E. Wolf, (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006), pp. 455-545. \\ {{publications:2006-ProgOpt-49-455.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512172|arXiv quant-ph/0512172]] //Universal optical amplification without nonlinearity//, \\ V. Josse, M. Sabuncu, N. J. Cerf, G. Leuchs, and U. L. Andersen,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 163602. \\ {{publications:2006-PRL-96-163602.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0603119|arXiv quant-ph/0603119]] //Entanglement enhanced classical capacity of quantum communication channels with correlated noise in arbitrary dimensions//, \\ E. Karpov, D. Daems, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 74 (2006) 032320.\\ {{publications:2006-PRA-74-032320.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0603286|arXiv quant-ph/0603286]] //Multipartite nonlocality without entanglement in many dimensions//, \\ J. Niset and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 74 (2006) 052103. \\ {{publications:2006-PRA-74-052103.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606227|arXiv quant-ph/0606227]] //Unconditional optimality of Gaussian attacks against continuous-variable quantum key distribution//, \\ R. Garcia-Patron and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 190503. \\ {{publications:2006-PRL-97-190503.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608032|arXiv quant-ph/0608032]] //Entanglement may enhance the channel capacity in arbitrary dimensions//, \\ E. Karpov, D. Daems, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Open Sys. & Information Dyn. 13 (2006) 363-372.\\ {{publications:2006-OSID-13-363.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612219|arXiv quant-ph/0612219]] {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2005 === //Asymmetric phase-covariant d-dimensional cloning// ,\\ L.-Ph. Lamoureux and N. J. Cerf,\\ Quant. Inform. Comp. 5 (2005) 32-39.\\ {{publications:2005-QIC-5-032.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410054|arXiv quant-ph/0410054]] //Loophole-free test of quantum non-locality using high-efficiency homodyne detectors//, \\ R. Garcia-Patron, J. Fiurasek and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 71 (2005) 022105. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-71-022105.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0407181|arXiv quant-ph/0407181]] //Noise resistance of adiabatic quantum computation using random matrix theory//, \\ J. Roland and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 71 (2005) 032330. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-71-032330.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0409127|arXiv quant-ph/0409127]] //Experimental error filtration for quantum communication over highly noisy channels//, \\ L.-Ph. Lamoureux, E. Brainis, N. J. Cerf, Ph. Emplit, M. Haelterman, and S. Massar\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 230501. \\ {{publications:2005-PRL-94-230501.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0407031|arXiv quant-ph/0407031]] //Simulating maximal quantum entanglement without communication//, \\ N. J. Cerf, N. Gisin, S. Massar, and S. Popescu,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 220403. \\ {{publications:2005-PRL-94-220403.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410027|arXiv quant-ph/0410027]] //Secure coherent-state quantum key distribution protocols with efficient reconciliation//, \\ G. Van Assche, S. Iblisdir, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 71 (2005) 052304. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-71-052304.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410031|arXiv quant-ph/0410031]], [[http://gva.noekeon.org/papers/vic04.html|all documents]] //Non-Gaussian cloning of quantum coherent states is optimal//, \\ N. J. Cerf, O. Krueger, P. Navez, R. F. Werner, and M. M. Wolf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 070501. \\ {{publications:2005-PRL-95-070501.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410058|arXiv quant-ph/0410058]] //Conditional generation of arbitrary single-mode quantum states of light by repeated photon subtractions//, \\ J. Fiurasek, R. Garcia-Patron, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 033822. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-72-033822.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503111|arXiv quant-ph/0503111]] //Cloning quantum entanglement in arbitrary dimensions//, \\ E. Karpov, P. Navez, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042314. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-72-042314.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503148|arXiv quant-ph/0503148]] //Separating the classical and quantum information via quantum cloning//, \\ M. Ricci, F. Sciarrino, N. J. Cerf, R. Filip, J. Fiurasek, and F. De Martini,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 090504.\\ {{publications:2005-PRL-95-090504.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508055|arXiv quant-ph/0508055]] //Hamiltonian logic gates: Computing inside a molecule//, \\ C. Joachim, I. Duchemin, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Int. J. Nanoscience 4 (2005) 107-118. \\ {{publications:2005-Int-J-Nano-107-4.pdf|PDF file}} //Multipartite asymmetric quantum cloning//, \\ S. Iblisdir, A. Acin, N. J. Cerf, R. Filip, J. Fiurasek, and N. Gisin,\\ Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042328. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-72-042328.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0411179|arXiv quant-ph/0411179]] //Quantum entanglement enhances the capacity of bosonic channels with memory//, \\ N. J. Cerf, J. Clavareau, C. Macchiavello, and J. Roland,\\ Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042330. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-72-042330.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412089|arXiv quant-ph/0412089]] //Extremal quantum cloning machines//, \\ G. Chiribella, G. M. D'Ariano, P. Perinotti, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042336.\\ {{publications:2005-PRA-72-042336.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0507130|arXiv quant-ph/0507130]] //Economical quantum cloning in any dimension//, \\ T. Durt, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 052322. \\ {{publications:2005-PRA-72-052322.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412201|arXiv quant-ph/0412201]] //Highly asymmetric quantum cloning in arbitrary dimension//, \\ J. Fiurasek, R. Filip, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Quant. Inform. Comp. 5 (2005) 583-592. \\ {{publications:2005-QIC-5-583.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505212|arXiv quant-ph/0505212]] //Information transmission via entangled quantum states in Gaussian channels with memory//, \\ N. J. Cerf, J. Clavareau, J. Roland, and C. Macchiavello,\\ Proc. of Workshop on Quantum entanglement in physical and information sciences, Pisa, December 14-18, 2004\\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508197|arXiv quant-ph/0508197]] {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2004 === //Reconciliation of a quantum-distributed Gaussian key//, \\ G. Van Assche, J. Cardinal, and N. J. Cerf,\\ IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 50 (2004) 394-400.\\ [[http://gva.noekeon.org/papers/vcc01.html|all documents]], {{publications:2004-IEEE-50-394.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cs.CR/0107030|arXiv cs.CR/0107030]] //Continuous-variable quantum cryptography is secure against non-gaussian attacks//, \\ F. Grosshans and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 047905.\\ {{publications:2004-PRL-92-047905.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0311006|arXiv quant-ph/0311006]] //Cloning the entanglement of a pair of quantum bits//, \\ L.-Ph. Lamoureux, P. Navez, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. A 69 (2004) 040301(R). \\ {{publications:2004-PRA-69-040301.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0302173|arXiv quant-ph/0302173]] //Experimental purification of single qubits//, \\ M. Ricci, F. De Martini, N. J. Cerf, R. Filip, J. Fiurasek, and C. Macchiavello,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 170501.\\ {{publications:2004-PRL-93-170501.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403118|arXiv quant-ph/0403118]] //Security of quantum key distribution with coherent states and homodyne detection//, \\ S. Iblisdir, G. Van Assche, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 170502.\\ {{publications:2004-PRL-93-170502.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312018|arXiv quant-ph/0312018]] //How to measure squeezing and entanglement of Gaussian states without homodyning//, \\ J. Fiurasek and N. J. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 063601.\\ {{publications:2004-PRL-93-063601.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0311119|arXiv quant-ph/0311119]] //Intramolecular Hamiltonian logic gates//, \\ J. Fiurasek, N. J. Cerf, I. Duchemin, and C. Joachim,\\ Physica E 24 (2004) 161-172.\\ {{publications:2004-PhysicaE-24-161.pdf|PDF file}} //Proposal for a loophole-free Bell test using homodyne detection//, \\ R. Garcia-Patron, J. Fiurasek, N. J. Cerf, J. Wenger, R. Tualle-Brouri, and Ph. Grangier,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 130409.\\ {{publications:2004-PRL-93-130409.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403191|arXiv quant-ph/0403191]] //Pulsed squeezed vacuum measurements without homodyning//, \\ J. Wenger, J. Fiurasek, R. Tualle-Brouri, N. J. Cerf, and Ph. Grangier, \\ Phys. Rev. A 70 (2004) 053812.\\ {{publications:2004-PRA-70-053812.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0403234|arXiv quant-ph/0403234]] //Quantum cloning of a coherent light state into an atomic quantum memory//, \\ J. Fiurasek, N. J. Cerf, and E. S. Polzik,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 180501.\\ {{publications:2004-PRL-93-180501.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0404054|arXiv quant-ph/0404054]] //Side-information coding with turbo codes and its application to quantum key distribution//, \\ K.-C. Nguyen, G. Van Assche, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Proc. of International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), (Parma, Italy, October 2004).\\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cs.IT/0406001|arXiv cs.IT/0406001]] //Proposal for loophole-free Bell test using homodyne detection//, \\ R. Garcia-Patron, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,\\ Proc. of the 7th Int. Conf. on Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing (QCMC'04), (Glasgow, July 24-29, 2004);\\ AIP Conf. Proc. 734 (2004) 265.\\ {{publications:2004-QCMC.pdf|PDF file}} {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2003 === //Quantum key distribution using Gaussian-modulated coherent states//, \\ F. Grosshans, G. Van Assche, J. Wenger, R. Brouri, N.J. Cerf, and P. Grangier,\\ Nature 421 (2003) 238-241. \\ {{publications:2003-Nature-421-238.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312016|arXiv quant-ph/0312016]] \\ {{publications:2003-Nature-NV-421-224.pdf|News and Views}} (by M. Hillery) \\ {{publications:2003-Nature-SI-421-238.pdf|Supplementary information}} //Security of quantum key distribution with entangled qutrits//, \\ T. Durt, N.J. Cerf, N. Gisin, and M. Zukowski, \\ Phys. Rev. A 67 (2003), 012311. \\ {{publications:2003-PRA-67-012311.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0207057|arXiv quant-ph/0207057]] //Quantum cloning of orthogonal qubits//, \\ J. Fiurasek, S. Iblisdir, S. Massar, and N.J. Cerf, \\ Fortschr. Phys. 51 (2003) 117-121. \\ {{publications:2003-Fortschr-51-117.pdf|PDF file}} //Fiber-optics implementation of the Deutsch-Jozsa and Bernstein-Vazirani quantum algorithms with three qubits//, \\ E. Brainis, L.-Ph. Lamoureux, N. J. Cerf, Ph. Emplit, M. Haelterman, and S. Massar, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 157902.\\ {{publications:2003-PRL-90-157902.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0212142|arXiv quant-ph/0212142]] //Cloning a real d-dimensional quantum state on the edge of the no-signaling condition//, \\ P. Navez and N. J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 032313.\\ {{publications:2003-PRA-68-032313.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0302172|arXiv quant-ph/0302172]] //Quantum-circuit model of Hamiltonian search algorithms//, \\ J. Roland and N. J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 062311. \\ {{publications:2003-PRA-68-062311.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0302138|arXiv quant-ph/0302138]] //Adiabatic quantum search algorithm for structured problems//, \\ J. Roland and N. J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 062312.\\ {{publications:2003-PRA-68-062312.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304039|arXiv quant-ph/0304039]] //Conditional generation of arbitrary multimode entangled states of light with linear optics// ,\\ J. Fiurasek, S. Massar, and N. J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 042325.\\ {{publications:2003-PRA-68-042325.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304005|arXiv quant-ph/0304005]] //Virtual entanglement and reconciliation protocols for quantum cryptography with continuous variables//, \\ F. Grosshans, N. J. Cerf, J. Wenger, R. Tualle-Brouri, and Ph. Grangier,\\ Quant. Inform. Comp. 3 (2003) 535-552.\\ {{publications:2003-QIC-3-535.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0306141|arXiv quant-ph/0306141]] //Generation of large photon-number cat states using linear optics and quantum memory//, \\ N. J. Cerf, J. Fiurasek, S. Iblisdir, and S. Massar, \\ in: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, eds. J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota (Rinton Press, Princeton, 2003), pp. 249-252.\\ (Conference QCMC'02, Boston, July 22-26, 2002.) \\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0210059|arXiv: quant-ph/0210059]] //Quantum cloning with continuous variables//, \\ N.J. Cerf, \\ in: Quantum Information with Continuous Variables, eds. S.L. Braunstein and A.K. Pati (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 2003), pp. 277-293.\\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0210061|arXiv: quant-ph/0210061]] {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2002 === //Cloning and cryptography with quantum continuous variables//, \\ N.J. Cerf, S. Iblisdir, and G. Van Assche, \\ Eur. Phys. J. D 18 (2002) 211-218 (special issue on "Quantum interference and cryptographic keys: novel physics and advancing technologies". Proc. of the conference QUICK 2001, Corsica, April 7-13 2001). \\ {{publications:2002-EPJD-18-211.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107077|arXiv: quant-ph/0107077]] //Linear optics and projective measurements alone suffice to create large-photon-number path entanglement//, \\ H. Lee, P. Kok, N.J. Cerf, and J.P. Dowling, \\ Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 030101(R). \\ {{publications:2002-PRA-65-030101.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0109080|arXiv: quant-ph/0109080]] //Security of quantum key distribution using d-level systems//, \\ N.J. Cerf, M. Bourennane, A. Karlsson, and N. Gisin, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 127902. \\ {{publications:2002-PRL-88-127902.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107130|arXiv: quant-ph/0107130]] //Quantum search by local adiabatic evolution//, \\ J. Roland and N.J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 042308. \\ {{publications:2002-PRA-65-042308.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107015|arXiv: quant-ph/0107015]] //Cloning a qutrit//, \\ N.J. Cerf, T. Durt, and N. Gisin, \\ J. Mod. Opt. 49 (2002) 1355-1373. \\ (special issue on "Quantum Information: Theory, Experiment and Perspectives". Proc. of the 2nd ESF QIT Conference, Gdansk, July 10-18, 2001). \\ {{publications:2002-JMO-49-1355.pdf|PDF file}}, [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0110092|arXiv quant-ph/0110092]] //Quantum cloning of orthogonal qubits//, \\ J. Fiurasek, S. Iblisdir, S. Massar, and N.J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 040302(R).\\ {{publications:2002-PRA-65-040302.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0110016|arXiv: quant-ph/0110016]] //Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger paradoxes for many qudits//, \\ N.J. Cerf, S. Massar, and S. Pironio, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 080402.\\ {{publications:2002-PRL-89-080402.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107031|arXiv: quant-ph/0107031]] //Multipartite classical and quantum secrecy monotones//, \\ N.J. Cerf, S. Massar, and S. Schneider, \\ Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002) 042309.\\ {{publications:2002-PRA-66-042309.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0202103|arXiv: quant-ph/0202103]] //Quantum key distribution using multilevel encoding: security analysis//, \\ M. Bourennane, A. Karlsson, G. Bjork, N. Gisin, and N.J. Cerf, \\ J. Phys. A 35 (2002) 10065-10076. \\ {{publications:2002-JPA-35-10065.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0106049|arXiv: quant-ph/0106049]] {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2001 === //Quantum distribution of Gaussian keys using squeezed states//, \\ N.J. Cerf, M. Levy, and G.Van Assche, \\ Phys. Rev. A 63 (2001) 052311. \\ {{publications:2001-PRA-63-052311.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0008058|arXiv quant-ph/0008058]] //Classical simulation of quantum entanglement without local hidden variables//, \\ S. Massar, D. Bacon, N.J. Cerf, and R. Cleve, \\ Phys. Rev. A 63 (2001) 052305.\\ {{publications:2001-PRA-63-052305.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0009088|arXiv quant-ph/0009088]] //Universal copying of coherent states: a Gaussian cloning machine//, \\ N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir, \\ in: Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 3, eds. P. Tombesi and O. Hirota (Kluwer Academic, New York, 2001), pp. 11-14. \\ (Proc. of the 5th Int. Conf. on Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing, Capri, July 3-8, 2000) //Optimal cloning of coherent states with a linear amplifier and beam splitters//, \\ S.L. Braunstein, N.J. Cerf, S. Iblisdir, P. van Loock, and S. Massar,\\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 4938-4941. \\ {{publications:2001-PRL-86-4938.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0012046|arXiv quant-ph/0012046]] //Phase conjugation of continuous quantum variables//, \\ N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir, \\ Phys. Rev. A 64 (2001) 032307. \\ {{publications:2001-PRA-64-032307.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0012020|arXiv quant-ph/0012020]] //Quantum cloning machines with phase-conjugate input modes//, \\ N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 247903. \\ {{publications:2001-PRL-87-247903.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0102077|arXiv quant-ph/0102077]] //Optimality of the genetic code with respect to protein stability and amino-acid frequencies//, \\ D. Gilis, S. Massar, N.J. Cerf, and M. Rooman, \\ Genome Biology 2 (2001) 0049.1-0049.12\\ {{publications:2001-GenBio-2-0049.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0102044|arXiv physics/0102044]]\\ {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 2000 === //Les promesses de l'information quantique//, \\ N. Cerf and N. Gisin, \\ La Recherche 327 (January 2000) 46-53. //Physical complexity of symbolic sequences//, \\ C. Adami and N.J. Cerf, Physica D 137 (2000), 62-69. \\ {{publications:2000-PhysicaD-137-62.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/adap-org/9605002|arXiv adap-org/9605002]] //Nested quantum search and structured problems//, \\ N.J. Cerf, L.K. Grover, and C.P. Williams, \\ Phys. Rev. A 61 (2000) 032303. \\ {{publications:2000-PRA-61-032303.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9806078|arXiv quant-ph/9806078]] //Asymmetric quantum cloning machines in any dimension//, \\ N.J. Cerf, \\ J. Mod. Opt. 47 (2000), 187-209. \\ (special issue on Quantum Information) \\ {{publications:2000-JMO-47-187.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9805024|arXiv quant-ph/9805024]] //Classical teleportation of a quantum bit//, \\ N.J. Cerf, N. Gisin, and S. Massar, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 2521-2524. \\ {{publications:2000-PRL-84-2521.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9906105|arXiv quant-ph/9906105]] //Generalized quantum search with parallelism//, \\ R.M. Gingrich, C.P. Williams, and N.J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 61 (2000) 052313. \\ {{publications:2000-PRA-61-052313.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9904049|arXiv quant-ph/9904049]] //Pauli cloning of a quantum bit//, \\ N.J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 4497-4500. \\ {{publications:2000-PRL-84-4497.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9803058|arXiv quant-ph/9803058]] //Nested quantum search and NP-hard problems//, \\ N.J. Cerf, L.K. Grover, and C.P. Williams, \\ Appl. Algebr. Eng. Comm. 10 (2000) 311-338. \\ (special issue on quantum computing, Dagstuhl 1998) //Cloning of continuous quantum variables//, \\ N.J. Cerf, A. Ipe, and X. Rottenberg, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 1754-1757.\\ {{publications:2000-PRL-85-1754.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9909037|arXiv quant-ph/9909037]] //Optimal N-to-M cloning of conjugate quantum variables//, \\ N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir, \\ Phys. Rev. A 62 (2000) 040301(R). \\ {{publications:2000-PRA-62-040301.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0005044|arXiv quant-ph/0005044]]\\ {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 1999 === //Quantum extension of conditional probability//, \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami, \\ Phys. Rev. A 60 (1999), 893-897. \\ {{publications:1999-PRA-60-893.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9710001|arXiv quant-ph/9710001]] //Reduction criterion for separability//, \\ N.J. Cerf, C. Adami, and R.M. Gingrich, \\ Phys. Rev. A 60 (1999), 898-909. \\ {{publications:1999-PRA-60-898.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9710001|arXiv quant-ph/9710001]] //Information-theoretic aspects of quantum copying//, \\ N.J. Cerf, \\ Lect. Notes Comput. Sc. 1509 (1999) 218-234. \\ (Proc. of 1st NASA Workshop on Quantum Computation and Quantum Communication QCQC 98, Palm Springs, February 17-20, 1998; Springer Verlag). //Quantum computation with linear optics//, \\ C. Adami and N.J. Cerf, \\ Lect.Notes Comput. Sc. 1509 (1999) 391-401.\\ (Proc. of 1st NASA Workshop on Quantum Computation and Quantum Communication QCQC 98, Palm Springs, February 17-20, 1998; Springer Verlag). \\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9806048|arXiv quant-ph/9806048]] //What information theory can tell us about quantum reality//, \\ C. Adami and N.J. Cerf, \\ Lect. Notes Comput. Sc. 1509 (1999) 258-268. \\ (Proc. of 1st NASA Workshop on Quantum Computation and Quantum Communication QCQC 98, Palm Springs, February 17-20, 1998; Springer Verlag). \\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9806047|arXiv quant-ph/9806047]] //Prolegomena to a non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics,// \\ C. Adami and N.J. Cerf, \\ Chaos Solitons Fract. 10 (1999) 1637-1650. \\ (special issue on Quantum Computation). \\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9904006|arXiv quant-ph/9904006]] {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 1998 === //Information theory of quantum entanglement and measurement//, \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,\\ Physica D 120 (1998), 62-81. \\ Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Physics and Computation (PhysComp'96, Boston, 22 - 24 November 1996), edited by Tommaso Toffoli and Michael Biafore. \\ {{publications:1998-PhysicaD-120-62.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9605039|arXiv quant-ph/9605039]] //Monte Carlo simulation of quantum computation//, \\ N.J. Cerf and S.E. Koonin, \\ Math. and Comput. in Simulat. 47 (1998), 143-152. \\ (Proceedings of the IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) Conference on Monte Carlo Methods, Brussels, April 1-3, 1997).\\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9703050|arXiv quant-ph/9703050]] //Optical simulation of quantum logic//, \\ N.J. Cerf, C. Adami, and P.G. Kwiat,\\ Phys. Rev. A 57 (1998), R1477-R1480.\\ {{publications:1998-PRA-57-R1477.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9706022|arXiv quant-ph/9706022]] //Entropic bounds on coding for noisy quantum channels//, \\ N.J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 57 (1998), 3330-3347. \\ {{publications:1998-PRA-57-3330.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9707023|arXiv quant-ph/9707023]] //Asymmetric quantum cloning machines//, \\ N.J. Cerf, \\ Acta Phys. Slovaca 48 (1998), 115-132.\\ (special issue on Quantum Optics and Quantum Information)\\ {{publications:1998-APS-48-115.pdf|PDF file}} {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 1997 === //The random link approximation for the Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem,// \\ N.J. Cerf, J. Boutet de Monvel, O. Bohigas, O.C. Martin, and A.G. Percus,\\ J. Phys. I (France) 7 (1997) 117-136.\\ [[http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/9607080|arXiv/cond-mat/9607080]] //Negative entropy in quantum information theory//, \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami, \\ in: New Developments on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics, Fundamental Theories of Physics, Vol. 81, eds. M. Ferrero and A. van der Merwe, (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 1997), 77-84. \\ (Proc. of the 2nd Int. Symposium on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics, Oviedo 96)\\ [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9610005|arXiv quant-ph/9610005]] //Negative entropy and information in quantum mechanics//, \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami, \\ Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997) 5194-5197. \\ {{publications:1997-PRL-79-5194.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9512022|arXiv quant-ph/9512022]] //Entropic Bell inequalities//, \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami, \\ Phys. Rev. A 55 (1997) 3371-3374. \\ {{publications:1997-PRA-55-3371.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9608047|arXiv quant-ph/9608047]] //Information-theoretic interpretation of quantum error-correcting codes//,\\ N.J. Cerf and R. Cleve,\\ Phys. Rev. A 56 (1997), 1721-1732. \\ {{publications:1997-PRA-56-1721.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9702031|arXiv quant-ph/9702031]] //von Neumann capacity of noisy quantum channels//,\\ C. Adami and N.J. Cerf, \\ Phys. Rev. A 56 (1997), 3470-3483. \\ {{publications:1997-PRA-56-3470.pdf|PDF file}}, [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609024|arXiv quant-ph/9609024]]\\ {| |- |[[publications#Publications|{{wiki:up.png}}]] |- | |} === 1996 === //Single- and multi-event canonical r-process : astrophysics and nuclear physics considerations,// \\ V. Bouquelle, N. Cerf, M. Arnould, T. Tachibana, and S. Goriely,\\ Astron. Astrophys. 305 (1996) 1005-1018.\\ //Monte Carlo computation of pair correlations in excited nuclei,// \\ N.J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 (1996) 2420-2423.\\ [[http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/nucl-th/9512027|arXiv nucl-th/9512027]] //Quantum information theory of entanglement,// \\ N. Cerf and C. Adami,\\ in: Proc. of the 4th Workshop on Physics and Computation, eds. T. Toffoli et al., (New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, 1996), pp. 65-71.\\ //Quantum mechanics of measurement,// \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,\\ (unpublished).\\ [[http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/9605002|arXiv quant-ph/9605002]] //Accessible information in quantum measurement,// \\ N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,\\ (unpublished).\\ [[http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/9611032|arXiv quant-ph/9611032]] === 1995 === //Méthodes de Monte Carlo: application à l'étude de systèmes quantiques,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ "Thèse d'agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur", ULB, March 1995. //Finite population-size effects in projection Monte Carlo methods,// \\ N. Cerf and O. Martin,\\ Phys. Rev. E 51 (1995) 3679-3693. //Projection Monte Carlo methods: an algorithmic analysis,// \\ N.J. Cerf and O.C. Martin,\\ Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 6 (1995) 693-723. //Realistic level density calculation for heavy nuclei,// \\ N. Cerf, B. Pichon, M. Rayet, and M. Arnould,\\ in: Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, ed. J.K. Dickens, (American Nuclear Society, 1995), pp. 479-481. === 1994 === //Combinatorial nuclear level density by a Monte Carlo method,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. C 49 (1994) 852-866.\\ [[http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/nucl-th/9309016|arXiv nucl-th/9309016]] //Mass distribution of binary stars using an iterative inversion technique,// \\ N. Cerf and H.M.J. Boffin,\\ Inverse Probl. 10 (1994) 533-546. //Realistic microscopic level densities for spherical nuclei,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ Phys. Rev. C 50 (1994) 836-844. //Combinatorial nuclear level density by a Monte Carlo method,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ in: Proc. of the Int. Conf. on the Future of Nuclear Spectroscopy, eds. W. Gelletly et al., (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Athens, 1994), pp. 311-316. === 1993 === //Densité de niveaux nucléaires, corrélations d'appariement, et leur rôle en astrophysique,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ Ph.D. Thesis, ULB, February 1993. //Parity dependence of the nuclear level density,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ Nucl. Phys. A 554 (1993) 85-106. //Statistical analysis of a sample of spectroscopic binaries containing late-type giants,// \\ H.M.J. Boffin, N. Cerf and G. Paulus,\\ Astron. Astrophys. 271 (1993) 125-138. //Pairing Hamiltonian by a path integral Monte Carlo procedure,// \\ N. Cerf and O. Martin,\\ Phys. Rev. C 47 (1993) 2610-2615. //Nuclear pairing correlations by a quantum Monte Carlo method,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ Nucl. Phys. A 564 (1993) 383-412. //Combinatorial nuclear level density for the determination of astrophysical reaction rates,// \\ N. Cerf, M. Rayet, and M. Arnould,\\ in: Proc. of the 8th Int. Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, ed. J. Kern, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1993), pp. 759-761. === 1992 === //Nuclear level density by a Monte Carlo approach,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ in: Proc. of 1992 International Nuclear Physics Conference, eds. P. Kienle et al., Wiesbaden, Germany, 1992. //Statistical analysis of single-lined red giant spectroscopic binaries,// \\ H.M.J. Boffin, G. Paulus and N. Cerf,\\ in: Binaries as Tracers of Stellar Formation, eds. A. Duquennoy and M. Mayor, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992), pp. 26-37. === 1991 === //On the application of a Monte Carlo method to the nuclear level density problem,// \\ N. Cerf,\\ Phys. Lett. B 268 (1991) 317-322.