Publications

The QuIC Centre currently holds 2 provisional patents and authors more than 100 scientific publications in the field of quantum information theory and quantum computing, among which 2 have been published in the journal Nature.

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 PhD Theses Ms Theses

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocols over noisy channels
R. Garcia-Patron and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 130501.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv:0811.3128 [quant-ph]

Transitions in the communication capacity of dissipative qubit channels
D. Daems
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 180503.
PDF file

Extending Hudson's theorem to mixed quantum states
A. Mandilara, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 79 (2009) 062302.
PDF file, arXiv:0808.2501 [quant-ph] aaa

Unconditional security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution
A. Leverrier, E. Karpov, P. Grangier, and N. J. Cerf,
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).
PDF file, arXiv:0904.4862 [quant-ph]

Strong no-go theorem for Gaussian quantum bit commitment
L. Magnin, F. Magniez, A. Leverrier, and N. J. Cerf,
arXiv:0905.3419 [quant-ph]

Exploring scalar quantum walks on Cayley graphs
O. Lopez Acevedo, J. Roland, and N. J. Cerf,
Quant. Inform. Comp. 8 (2008) 68-81.
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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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. (in press)
arXiv:0802.4155 [quant-ph]

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”)
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)
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.

[[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.

[[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.
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
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.
arXiv:0706.4283 [quant-ph]

Classical simulation of traceless binary observables on any bipartite quantum state
J. Degorre, S. Laplante, and J. Roland,
Phys. Rev. A 75 (2007) 012309.

[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608064|arXiv quant-ph/0608064]]

Search via quantum walk
F. Magniez, A. Nayak, J. Roland, and M. Santha,

[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608026|arXiv quant-ph/0608026]]

Entanglement-enhanced transmission of classical information in Pauli channels with memory: Exact solution
D. Daems,
Phys. Rev. A 76 (2007) 012310.

[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610165|arXiv quant-ph/0610165]]

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 <i>Quantum Communication and Security</i>, 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 <i>Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light</i>, edited by N.J. Cerf, G. Leuchs, and E.S. Polzik, (Imperial College Press, London, 2007), pp. 63-83.
PDF file

Loophole-free test of quantum nonlocality with continuous variables of light
R. Garcia-Patron, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf
in <i>Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light</i>, edited by N.J. Cerf, G. Leuchs, and E.S. Polzik, (Imperial College Press, London, 2007), pp. 121-139.
PDF file

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.

[[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.

[[2006-pro-opt-49-455-proofs.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.

[[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.

[[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.

[[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.

[[2006-PRL-97-190503.pdf|PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0608032|arXiv quant-ph/0608032]]

Optimal finite measurements and Gauss quadratures
S. Iblisdir and J. Roland,
Phys. Lett. A 358, 5-6 (2006) 368-372.

[[2006-PLA-358-368.pdf|PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410237|arXiv quant-ph/0410237]]

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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0612219

Asymmetric phase-covariant d-dimensional cloning

L.-Ph. Lamoureux and N. J. Cerf,\\
Quant. Inform. Comp. 5 (2005) 32-39.\\

PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.

[[2005-PRA-71-032330.pdf|PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0409127|arXiv quant-ph/0409127]]

Provably secure experimental quantum bit-string generation
L.-Ph. Lamoureux, E. Brainis, D. Amans, J. Barrett, and S. Massar,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 050503.

<apublications|=2005-PRL-94-050503.pdf>PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408121|arXiv quant-ph/0408121]]

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. \\

PDF file, 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.
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. \\
[[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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0503111

Cloning quantum entanglement in arbitrary dimensions
E. Karpov, P. Navez, and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042314.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.
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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0507130

Economical quantum cloning in any dimension
T. Durt, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 052322.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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
arXiv quant-ph/0508197

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]],
[[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.\\
[[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). \\
[[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.

[[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.\\
[[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.\\
[[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.\\
[[2004-PhysicaE-24-161.pdf|PDF file]]

Optimal probabilistic cloning and purification of quantum states
J. Fiurasek,
Phys. Rev. A 70 (2004) 032308.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0403165

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.\\
[[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.
PDF file, 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.\\
[[2004-PRL-93-180501.pdf|PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0404054|arXiv quant-ph/0404054]]

Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light

B. Julsgaard, J. Sherson, J. I. Cirac, J. Fiurasek, and E. S. Polzik\\ Nature 432 (2004) 482-486.\\
[[2004-Nature-432-482.pdf|PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0410072|arXiv 
quant-ph/0410072]]\\
[[2004-Nature-NV-432-453.pdf|News and Views]] (by J.-M. Raimond)

On Minimum Entropy Graph Colorings
J. Cardinal, S. Fiorini and G. Van Assche,
Proc. of 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT'2004).
PDF file, other documents

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).
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.\\
[[2004-QCMC.pdf|PDF file]]

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. \\
[[2003-Nature-421-238.pdf|PDF file]], 
[[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312016|arXiv 
quant-ph/0312016]] \\
[[2003-Nature-NV-421-224.pdf|News and Views]] (by M. Hillery) \\
[[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. \\
[[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. \\
[[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.\\
[[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.\\
[[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. \\
[[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.\\
[[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.\\
[[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.\\
[[2003-QIC-3-535.pdf|PDF file]], [[http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0306141|arXiv
quant-ph/0306141]]

Unitary-gate synthesis for continuous-variable systems

J. Fiurasek,\\ Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 022304.\\
[[2003-PRA-68-022304.pdf|PDF file]], [[http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0303035|arXiv
quant-ph/0303035]]

Frequency down-conversion through Bose condensation of light

P. Navez,\\ Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 013811.\\
[[2003-PRA-68-013811.pdf|PDF file]]

Construction of a Shared Secret Key Using Continuous Variables

J. Cardinal and G. Van Assche, \\
in Proceedings of 2003 IEEE Inf. Th. Workshop (2003)\\
[[http://gva.noekeon.org/papers/cv03.html|all documents]],
[[2003-ITW.pdf|PDF file]]

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 ]] 

<em>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).
PDF file, 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).
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0107130 Quantum search by local adiabatic evolution,
J. Roland and N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 042308.
PDF file, 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).
PDF file, 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).
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0107031 Multipartite classical and quantum secrecy monotones,
N.J. Cerf, S. Massar, and S. Schneider,
Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002) 042309.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0202103 Bell inequalities resistant to detector inefficiency,
S. Massar, S. Pironio, J. Roland and B. Gisin,
Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002) 052112.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0205130 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0106049 A method for secure transmission: quantum cryptography,
P. Navez and G. Van Assche,
Technopol IT-Scan (4/2002).
all documents, PDF file (in English), PDF file (in French), PDF file (in Dutch) Joint Entropy-Constrained Multiterminal Quantization,
J. Cardinal and G. Van Assche,
in Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (2002).
all documents, PDF file === 2001 === Quantum distribution of Gaussian keys using squeezed states,
N.J. Cerf, M. Levy, and G.Van Assche,
Phys. Rev. A 63 (2001) 052311.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0012046 Phase conjugation of continuous quantum variables,
N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir,
Phys. Rev. A 64 (2001) 032307.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0012020 Quantum cloning machines with phase-conjugate input modes,
N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 247903.
PDF file, 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
PDF file, arXiv physics/0102044
{{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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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)
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/9904049 Pauli cloning of a quantum bit,
N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 4497-4500.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, 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).
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/0005044
=== 1999 === <em>Quantum extension of conditional probability,

N.J. Cerf and C. Adami, \\ Phys. Rev. A 60 (1999), 893-897. \\

PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/9710001

Reduction criterion for separability,

N.J. Cerf, C. Adami, and R.M. Gingrich, \\
Phys. Rev. A 60 (1999), 898-909. \\
[[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]]
\\

<em>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.
PDF file, 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).
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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/9706022 Entropic bounds on coding for noisy quantum channels,
N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 57 (1998), 3330-3347.
PDF file, 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)
PDF file === 1997 === 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)
arXiv quant-ph/9610005 Negative entropy and information in quantum mechanics,
N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997) 5194-5197.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/9512022 Entropic Bell inequalities,
N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,
Phys. Rev. A 55 (1997) 3371-3374.
PDF file, 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.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/9702031 von Neumann capacity of noisy quantum channels,
C. Adami and N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 56 (1997), 3470-3483.
PDF file, arXiv quant-ph/9609024
=== 1996 === 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), 65-71. {{up.png}}|
=== PhD Theses === Quantum Information with Optical Continuous Variables: Nonlocality, Entanglement, and Error Correction
J. Niset, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2008)
PDF file Quantum Information with Optical Continuous Variables: from Bell Tests to Key Distribution
R. Garcia-Patron, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2007)
PDF file, ULB Collection Experimental and Theroretical Aspects of Quantum Cryptographic Protocols
L.-P. Lamoureux, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2006)
PDF file Information-theoretic aspects of quantum key distribution
G. Van Assche, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2005)
The manuscript was turned into the book <i>Quantum cryptography and secret-key distillation</i> (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
Click here to see the introduction chapter. Adiabatic Quantum Computation
J. Roland, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2004)
PDF file Aspects of Quantum Non-locality
S. Pironio, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2004)
PDF file Communication avec des variables quantiques continues : clonage et cryptographie
S. Iblisdir, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2003) === Ms Theses === Etude des relais et répéteurs quantiques à variables continues
L. Olislager, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2008)
PDF file Classical capacity of a bosonic memory channel with Gauss-Markov noise
J. Schäfer, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Johannes-Gutenberg Universit&auml;t Mainz (2009)
PDF file