Publications
The QuIC Centre currently holds two patents and authors more than 150 scientific publications in the field of quantum information and quantum computing, among which two in the journal Nature, one in Nature Physics, two in Nature Photonics, and two in Nature Communications.
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A central limit theorem for partially distinguishable bosons,
M. Robbio, M. G. Jabbour, L. Novo, and N. J. Cerf
arXiv:2404.11518 [quant-ph]
Information and majorization theory for fermionic phase-space distributions,
N. J. Cerf and T. Haas
arXiv:2401.08523 [quant-ph]
Majorization theoretical approach to entanglement enhancement via local filtration,
Z. Van Herstraeten, N. J. Cerf, S. Guha, and C. N. Gagatsos, Phys. Rev. A 110, 042430 (2024).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.042430, arXiv:2312.02066 [quant-ph]
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Classical capacity of quantum non-Gaussian attenuator and amplifier channels,
Z. Van Herstraeten, S. Guha, and N. J. Cerf, Int. J. Quantum Inf. 22, 2440003 (2024).
Special issue: A. S. Holevo's 80th birthday (Guest editors: B. Englert and R. Werner)
doi: 10.1142/S0219749924400033, arXiv:2312.15623 [quant-ph]
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Efficient validation of Boson Sampling from binned photon-number distributions,
B. Seron, L. Novo, A. Arkhipov, and N. J. Cerf, Quantum 8, 1479 (2024).
doi: 10.22331/q-2024-09-19-1479, arXiv:2212.09643 [quant-ph]
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BosonSampling.jl: A Julia package for quantum multi-photon interferometry,
B. Seron and A. Restivo, Quantum 8, 1378 (2024).
doi: 10.22331/q-2024-06-18-1378, arXiv:2212.09537 [quant-ph]
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Complex-valued Wigner entropy of a quantum state,
N. J. Cerf, A. Hertz, and Z. Van Herstraeten
Quantum Stud.: Math. Found. (2024).
doi: 10.1007/s40509-024-00325-8, arXiv:2310.19296 [quant-ph]
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Probabilistic pure state conversion on the majorization lattice,
S. Deside, M. Arnhem, C. Griffet, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. Research 6, 023156 (2024).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023156, arXiv:2303.10086 [quant-ph]
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2023
Boson-fermion complementarity in a linear interferometer,
M. G. Jabbour and N. J. Cerf
arXiv:2312.17709 [quant-ph]
Gaussian boson sampling validation via detector binning,
G. Bressanini, B. Seron, L. Novo, N. J. Cerf, and M. S. Kim
arXiv:2310.18113 [quant-ph]
Enhanced bunching of nearly indistinguishable bosons,
L. Pioge, B. Seron, L. Novo, and N. J. Cerf
arXiv:2308.12226 [quant-ph]
Accessing continuous-variable entanglement witnesses with multimode spin observables,
C. Griffet, T. Haas, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 108, 022421 (2023).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.108.022421, arXiv:2305.02227 [quant-ph]
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Gaussian work extraction from random Gaussian states is nearly impossible,
U. Singh, J. K. Korbicz, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. Research 5, L032010 (2023).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L032010,
arXiv:2212.03492 [quant-ph]
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Interferometric measurement of the quadrature coherence scale using two replicas of a quantum optical state,
C. Griffet, M. Arnhem, S. De Bièvre, N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 108, 023730 (2023).
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.108.023730, arXiv:2211.12992 [quant-ph]
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Boson bunching is not maximized by indistinguishable particles,
B. Seron, L. Novo, and N. J. Cerf
Nat. Photon. 17, 702–709 (2023).
doi: 10.1038/s41566-023-01213-0, arXiv:2203.01306 [quant-ph]
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Existence of processes violating causal inequalities on time-delocalised subsystems,
J. Wechs, C. Branciard, and O. Oreshkov,
Nat. Commun. 14:1471 (2023).
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36893-3
Majorization ladder in bosonic Gaussian channels,
Z. Van Herstraeten, M. G. Jabbour, and N. J. Cerf,
AVS Quantum Sci. 5, 011401 (2023).
Invited contribution to Jonathan P. Dowling Memorial Special Issue: The Second Quantum Revolution, edited by Zixin Huang and Pieter Kok, Special Topic Collection, AVS Quantum Science.
doi: 10.1116/5.0129704, arXiv:2209.08384 [quant-ph]
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Continuous majorization in quantum phase space,
Z. Van Herstraeten, M. G. Jabbour, and N. J. Cerf, Quantum 7, 1021 (2023).
doi: 10.22331/q-2023-05-24-1021, arXiv:2108.09167 [quant-ph]
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2022
Multicopy observables for the detection of optically nonclassical states,
M. Arnhem, C. Griffet, and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 106 (2022) 043705.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.043705, arXiv:2205.12040 [quant-ph]
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2021
Quantum Wigner entropy,
Z. Van Herstraeten and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 104 (2021) 042211
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.042211, arXiv:2105.12843 [quant-ph]
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Multiparticle quantum interference in Bogoliubov bosonic transformations,
M. G. Jabbour and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. Research 3 (2021) 043065
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.043065, arXiv:1803.10734 [quant-ph]
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Realignment separability criterion assisted with filtration for detecting continuous-variable entanglement,
A. Hertz, M. Arnhem, A. Asadian, and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 104 (2021) 022427
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.022427, arXiv:2104.07510 [quant-ph]
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Partial order on passive states and Hoffman majorization in quantum thermodynamics,
U. Singh, S. Das, and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. Research 3 (2021) 033091
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033091, arXiv:2012.11626 [quant-ph]
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2020
Two-boson quantum interference in time,
N. J. Cerf and M. G. Jabbour, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (2020) 33107
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010827117,
arXiv:2012.15165 [quant-ph]
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Relating the entanglement and optical nonclassicality of multimode states of a bosonic quantum field,
A. Hertz, N. J. Cerf, and S. De Bièvre, Phys. Rev. A 102 (2020) 032413
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.032413,
arXiv:2004.11782 [quant-ph]
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2019
Multicopy uncertainty observable inducing a symplectic-invariant uncertainty relation in position and momentum phase space,
A. Hertz, O. Oreshkov, and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 100 (2019) 052112
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.100.052112,
arXiv:1907.09183 [quant-ph]
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Optimal estimation of parameters encoded in coherent states quadratures,
M. Arnhem, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf, Appl. Sci. 9 (2019) 4264
Special issue “Quantum Optics for Fundamental Quantum Mechanics”
doi: 10.3390/app9204264,
arXiv:1907.04264 [quant-ph]
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Quantum thermodynamics in a multipartite setting: A resource theory of local Gaussian work extraction for multimode bosonic systems,
U. Singh, M. G. Jabbour, Z. Van Herstraeten, and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 100 (2019) 042104
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.100.042104, arXiv:1905.02948 [quant-ph]
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Continuous-variable entropic uncertainty relations [Review article],
A. Hertz and N. J. Cerf, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52 (2019) 173001
Topical Review in the special issue “Shannon’s Information Theory 70 years on: Applications in classical and quantum physics”
doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/ab03f3,
arXiv:1809.01052 [quant-ph]
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Fock majorization in bosonic quantum channels with a passive environment,
M. G. Jabbour and N. J. Cerf, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52 (2019) 105302
doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/aaf0d2,
arXiv:1806.06044 [quant-ph]
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2018
Simulating arbitrary Gaussian circuits with linear optics,
L. Chakhmakhchyan and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 98 (2018) 062314
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doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.98.062314, arXiv:1803.11534 [quant-ph]
Multidimensional entropic uncertainty relation based on a commutator matrix in position and momentum spaces,
A. Hertz, L. Vanbever, and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 97 (2018) 012111
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doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.97.012111, arXiv:1711.04566 [quant-ph]
2017
Semiconductor surface emitting lasers for photon pairs generation,
L. Vanbever, E. Karpov, and K. Panajotov,
Chaos 27 (2017) 104613;
doi:10.1063/1.4985641
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Entropy-power uncertainty relations: towards a tight inequality for all Gaussian pure states,
A. Hertz, M. G. Jabbour, and N. J. Cerf, J. Phys. A 50 (2017) 385301;
doi:10.1088/1751-8121/aa852f
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arXiv:1702.07286 [quant-ph]
Boson sampling with Gaussian measurements,
L. Chakhmakhchyan and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 96 (2017) 032326;
doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.96.032326
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arXiv:1705.05299 [quant-ph]
Semi-device-independent framework based on natural physical assumptions,
T. Van Himbeeck, E. Woodhead, N. J. Cerf, R. García-Patrón, and S. Pironio, Quantum 1 (2017) 33;
doi:10.22331/q-2017-11-18-33
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arXiv:1612.06828 [quant-ph]
Quantum-inspired algorithm for estimating the permanent of positive semidefinite matrices,
L. Chakhmakhchyan, N. J. Cerf, and R. García-Patrón, Phys. Rev. A 96 (2017) 022329;
doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.96.022329
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arXiv:1609.02416 [quant-ph]
2016
Classical capacity of phase-sensitive Gaussian quantum channels,
J. Schäfer, E. Karpov, O. V. Pilyavets, and N. J. Cerf
arXiv:1609.04119 [quant-ph]
Efficient entanglement distillation without quantum memory,
D. Abdelkhalek, M. Syllwasschy, N. J. Cerf, J. Fiurasek, and R. Schnabel
Nature Communications 7 (2016) 11720; doi:10.1038/ncomms11720
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arXiv:1612.08410 [quant-ph]
Higher order nonclassicality from nonlinear coherent states for models with quadratic spectrum,
A. Hertz, S. Dey, V. Hussin, and H. Eleuch
Symmetry 8 (2016) 36; doi:10.3390/sym8050036
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Causal and causally separable processes,
O. Oreshkov and C. Giarmatzi
New J. Phys. 18 (2016) 093020; doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/9/093020
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arXiv:1506.05449 [quant-ph]
Majorization preservation of Gaussian bosonic channels,
M. G. Jabbour, R. García-Patrón, and N. J. Cerf
New J. Phys. 18 (2016) 073047; doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/073047
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arXiv:1512.08225 [quant-ph]
Detection of non-Gaussian entangled states with an improved continuous-variable separability criterion,
A. Hertz, E. Karpov, A. Mandilara, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 93 (2016) 032330; doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.93.032330
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arXiv:1511.06621 [quant-ph]
Operational quantum theory without predefined time,
O. Oreshkov and N. J. Cerf
New J. Phys. 18 (2016) 073037; doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/073037
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arXiv:1406.3829 [quant-ph]
2015
A universal adiabatic quantum query algorithm,
M. Brandeho and J. Roland
In 10th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC'15), volume 44 of Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs): 163–179 (2015).
DOI, arxiv:1409.3558 [quant-ph]
Lower bounds on information complexity via zero-communication protocols and applications,
I. Kerenidis, S. Laplante, V. Lerays, J. Roland, and D. Xiao
SIAM Journal on Computing, 44(5):1550–1572 (2015).
DOI, arxiv:1204.1505 [quant-ph]
Relative Discrepancy does not separate Information and Communication Complexity,
L. Fontes, R. Jain, I. Kerenidis, S. Laplante, M. Laurière, and J. Roland
In 42nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP'15), volume 9134 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science : 506-516 (2015).
DOI,
ECCC-TR15-028
Explicit relation between all lower bound techniques for quantum query complexity,
L. Magnin and J. Roland
International Journal of Quantum Information, 13(4): 1350059 (2015).
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arxiv:1209.2713 [quant-ph]
Entropy generation in Gaussian quantum transformations:
applying the replica method to continuous-variable quantum information theory,
C. N. Gagatsos, A. I. Karanikas, G. Kordas, and N. J. Cerf
npj Quantum Information 2 (2015) 15008; [published online, February 2016 | nature.com]
doi:10.1038/npjqi.2015.8
PDF file, arXiv:1408.5062 [quant-ph]
Operational formulation of time reversal in quantum theory,
O. Oreshkov and N. J. Cerf
Nature Physics 11 (2015) 853; [published online, July 2015]
doi:10.1038/nphys3414
PDF file, arXiv:1507.07745 [quant-ph]
Quantum walks can find a marked element on any graph,
H. Krovi, F. Magniez, M. Ozols, and J. Roland
Algorithmica, 74(2):851–907 (2015).
DOI,
arXiv:1002.2419 [quant-ph]
Interconversion of pure Gaussian states requiring non-Gaussian operations,
[selected as an Editors' Suggestion]
M. G. Jabbour, R. Garcia-Patron, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 91 (2015) 012316.
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arXiv:1409.8217 [quant-ph]
2014
Ultimate classical communication rates of quantum optical channels,
V. Giovannetti, R. Garcia-Patron, N. J. Cerf, and A. S. Holevo
Nature Photonics 8 (2014) 796–800.
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arXiv:1312.6225 [quant-ph]
Supplementary information
Optimality of Gaussian discord,
S. Pirandola, G. Spedalieri, S. L. Braunstein, N. J. Cerf and S. Lloyd
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 140405.
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arXiv:1309.2215 [quant-ph]
Heralded noiseless amplification and attenuation of non-Gaussian states of light,
C. N. Gagatsos, J. Fiurasek, A. Zavatta, M. Bellini, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 89 (2014) 062311.
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arXiv:1403.6054 [quant-ph]
Purity- and Gaussianity-bounded uncertainty relations,
A. Mandilara, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 47 (2014) 045302.
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arXiv:0910.3473 [quant-ph]
21st Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics: Book of Abstracts.
N. J. Cerf and E. Karpov (eds.), 23-27 June 2014, (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 2014) 258 p.
ISBN: 978-2-9601515-0-3
http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/192020
Information transmission in bosonic memory channels using Gaussian matrix-product states as near-optimal symbols,
J. Schäfer, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1633, 192 (2014).
Proc. of the 11th International Conference on Quantum Communication (QCMC), Measurement and Computation, Vienna, 2012, edited by H.-J. Schmiedmayer and P. Walther.
doi:10.1063/1.4903134
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The Holy Grail of quantum optical communication,
R.Garcia-Patron, C. Navarrete-Benlloch, S. Lloyd, J. H. Shapiro, and N. J. Cerf
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1633, 109 (2014).
Proc. of the 11th International Conference on Quantum Communication (QCMC), Measurement and Computation, Vienna, 2012, edited by H.-J. Schmiedmayer and P. Walther.
doi:10.1063/1.4903108
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2013
Quantum Rejection sampling,
M. Ozols, M. Roetteler, and J. Roland
ACM Transactions on Computation Theory, 5(3):11:1-11:33 (2013).
DOI
A strong direct product theorem for quantum query complexity,
T. Lee and J. Roland
Computational Complexity, 22(2):429-462 (2013).
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Equivalence relations for the classical capacity of single-mode Gaussian quantum channels,
J. Schäfer, E. Karpov, R. Garcia-Patron, O. V. Pilyavets, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 030503.
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arXiv:1303.4939 [quant-ph]
Gaussian classical capacity of Gaussian quantum channels,
E. Karpov, J. Schäfer, R. Garcia-Patron, O. V. Pilyavets, and N. J. Cerf
Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics 4, 496 (2013).
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Explicit relation between all lower bound techniques for quantum query complexity,
L. Magnin and J. Roland
In 30th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS'13), pages 434-445 (2013).
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arxiv:1209.2713 [quant-ph]
Majorization relations and entanglement generation in a beam splitter,
C. N. Gagatsos, O. Oreshkov, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 87 (2013) 042307.
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arXiv:1301.5229 [quant-ph]
Fast quantum-optical random-number generators,
T. Durt, C. Belmonte, L.-Ph. Lamoureux, K. Panajotov, F. Van den Berghe, and H. Thienpont
Phys. Rev. A 87 (2013) 022339.
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Exploring pure quantum states with maximally mixed reductions,
L. Arnaud and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 87 (2013) 012319.
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arXiv:1211.4118 [quant-ph]
Security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution against general attacks,
A. Leverrier, R. García-Patrón, R. Renner, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 (2013) 030502.
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arXiv:1208.4920 [quant-ph]
Mutual information and Bose-Einstein condensation,
C. N. Gagatsos, A. I. Karanikas, and G. Kordas
Open Syst. Inf. Dyn. 20 (2013) 1350008.
arXiv:1207.0303 [quant-ph]
2012
Quantum correlations with no causal order,
O. Oreshkov, F. Costa, and C. Brukner
Nature Communications 3:1092 (2012)
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arXiv:1105.4464 [quant ph]
Supplementary information
Lower bounds on information complexity via zero-communication protocols and applications,
I. Kerenidis, S. Laplante, V. Lerays, J. Roland, and D. Xiao
In 53rd Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS'12), 500-509 (2012).
PDF file, arXiv:1204.1505 [quant-ph]
Classical and quantum partition bound and detector inefficiency,
S. Laplante, V. Lerays, and J. Roland
In 39th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP'12), 617-628 (2012).
PDF file, arXiv:1203.4155 [quant-ph]
A strong direct product theorem for quantum query complexity,
T. Lee and J. Roland
In 27th IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity (CCC'12), 236-246.
PDF file, arXiv:1104.4468 [quant-ph]
Quantum rejection sampling,
M. Ozols, M. Roetteler, and J. Roland
In 3rd Conference on Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science (ITCS'12), 290-308.
PDF file, arXiv:1103.2774 [quant-ph]
Gaussian postselection and virtual noiseless amplification in continuous-variable quantum key distribution,
J. Fiurasek and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 86 (2012) 060302(R).
PDF file, arXiv:1205.6933 [quant-ph]
Noiseless loss suppression in quantum optical communication,
M. Micuda, I. Straka, M. Mikova, M. Dusek, N. J. Cerf, J. Fiurasek, and M. Jezek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (2012) 180503.
PDF file, arXiv:1206.2852 [quant ph]
Quantum uncertainty relation saturated by the eigenstates of the harmonic oscillator,
A. Mandilara and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 86 (2012) 030102(R).
PDF file, arXiv:1201.0453 [quant ph]
Methods for Estimating Capacities and Rates of Gaussian Quantum Channels,
O. V. Pilyavets, C. Lupo, and S. Mancini
IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 58 (2012) 6126.
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arXiv:0907.1532 [quant-ph]
Probabilistic phase-insensitive optical squeezer in compliance with causality,
C. N. Gagatsos, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 86 (2012) 012324.
PDF file, arXiv:1205.4585 [quant-ph]
Enhancing quantum entanglement by photon addition and subtraction,
C. Navarrete-Benlloch, R. Garcia-Patron, J. H. Shapiro, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 86 (2012) 012328.
PDF file, arXiv:1201.4120 [quant ph]
Quantum bit commitment under Gaussian constraints,
A. Mandilara and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A. 85 (2012) 062310.
PDF file, arXiv:1105.2140 [quant ph]
Gaussian matrix product states for coding in bosonic communication channels,
J. Schäfer, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 85 (2012) 012322.
PDF file, arXiv:1201.0200 [quant ph]
Majorization theory approach to the Gaussian channel minimum entropy conjecture,
R. Garcia-Patron, C. Navarrete-Benlloch, S. Lloyd, J. H. Shapiro, and N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012) 110505.
PDF file, arXiv:1111.1986 [quant ph]
Supplemental material
Gaussian Quantum Information [Review article],
C. Weedbrook, S. Pirandola, R. Garcia-Patron, N. J. Cerf, T. C. Ralph, J. H. Shapiro, and S. Lloyd
Rev. Mod. Phys. 84 (2012) 621.
PDF file, arXiv:1110.3234 [quant ph]
2011
Optimal signal states for quantum detectors,
O. Oreshkov, J. Calsamiglia, R. Munoz-Tapia, and E. Bagan
New J. Phys. 13 (2011) 073032.
PDF file, arXiv:1103.2365 [quant ph]
Approximate simulation of quantum channels,
C. Bény and O. Oreshkov
Phys. Rev. A 84 (2011) 022333.
PDF file, arXiv:1103.0649 [quant ph]
Gaussian capacity of the quantum bosonic memory channel with additive correlated Gaussian noise,
J. Schäfer, E. Karpov, N. J. Cerf
Phys. Rev. A 84 (2011) 032318.
PDF file, arXiv:1011.4118 [quant ph]
Symmetry-assisted adversaries for quantum state generation,
A. Ambainis, L. Magnin, M. Roettler, and J. Roland,
Proceedings of the 26th Annual IEEE Conference on Computational Complexity (2011).
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2010
Quantum optical coherence can survive photon losses using a continuous-variable quantum erasure-correcting code,
M. Lassen, M. Sabuncu, A. Huck, J. Niset, G. Leuchs, N. J. Cerf, and U. L. Andersen,
Nature Photonics 4 (2010) 700-705.
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Spatial multipartite entanglement and localization of entanglement,
D. Daems and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 82 (2010) 032303.
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arXiv:1003.0180v1 [quant-ph]
Tripartite entanglement in parametric down-conversion with spatially-structured pump,
D. Daems, F. Bernard, N. J. Cerf, and M. I. Kolobov,
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 27 (2010) 447-451.
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arXiv:1002.1798v1 [quant-ph]
Uncertainty, Entropy and non-Gaussianity for mixed states (Proceedings Paper),
A. Mandilara, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf,
Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7727 (2010) 77270H.
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Quantum water-filling solution for the capacity of Gaussian information channels (Proceedings Paper),
J. Schäfer, E. Karpov, and N. J. Cerf,
Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7727 (2010) 77270J.
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Strong no-go theorem for Gaussian quantum bit commitment,
L. Magnin, F. Magniez, A. Leverrier, and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 81 (2010) 010302(R).
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arXiv:0905.3419 [quant-ph]
2009
Continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocols over noisy channels,
R. Garcia-Patron and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 130501.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv:0811.3128 [quant-ph]
Transitions in the communication capacity of dissipative qubit channels,
D. Daems,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 180503.
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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]
Quantum de Finetti theorem in phase-space representation,
A. Leverrier and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 80 (2009) 010102(R).
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arXiv:0904.4862 [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.
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arXiv:0907.0982 [quant-ph]
Security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution: towards a de Finetti theorem for rotation symmetry in phase space,
A. Leverrier, E. Karpov, P. Grangier, and N. J. Cerf,
New J. Phys. 11 (2009) 115009.
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arXiv:0907.3696 [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 (2009) 1301.
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arXiv:0802.4155 [quant-ph]
2008
Exploring scalar quantum walks on Cayley graphs,
O. Lopez Acevedo, J. Roland, and N. J. Cerf,
Quant. Inform. Comp. 8 (2008) 68-81.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv:0711.4212 [quant-ph]
Analog Grover search by adiabatic passage in a cavity-laser-atom system,
D. Daems et S. Guérin,
Phys. Rev A 78 (2008) 022330.
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Quantum search by parallel eigenvalue adiabatic passage ,
D. Daems, S. Guérin, and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 78 (2008) 042322.
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arXiv:0810.0148 [quant-ph]
Unconditional security of continuous-variable quantum key distribution,
A. Leverrier, E. Karpov, P. Grangier, and N. J. Cerf,
arXiv:0809.2252 [quant-ph]
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”)
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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 (2007) 260404.
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arXiv quant-ph/0608215
Optimal multicopy asymmetric Gaussian cloning of coherent states,
J. Fiurasek and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 75 (2007) 052335.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0701238
Tight bounds on the concurrence of quantum superpositions,
J. Niset and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 76 (2007) 042328.
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arXiv:0705.4650 [quant-ph]
Adiabatic quantum search scheme with atoms in a cavity driven by lasers,
D. Daems et S. Guérin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 170503.
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Field-free molecular alignment induced by elliptically polarized laser pulses: Noninvasive three-dimensional characterization,
E. Hertz, D. Daems, S. Guérin, H. R. Jauslin, B. Lavorel et O. Faucher,
Phys. Rev. A 76 (2007) 043423.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0608064
Search via quantum walk,
F. Magniez, A. Nayak, J. Roland, and M. Santha,
39th ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC'07), pages 575-584, 2007.
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.
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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: Quantum Communication and Security,
edited by M. Zukowski, S. Kilin, and J. Kowalik, (IOS Press, 2007), pp.3-10.
Quantum key distribution device with coherent states ,
J. Lodewyck, M. Bloch, R. García-Patrón, S. Fossier, E. Karpov, E. Diamanti, T. Debuisschert, N. J. Cerf, R. Tualle-Brouri, S. W. McLaughlin, and P. Grangier,
in: Quantum Communications Realized, edited by Y. Arakawa, M. Sasaki, and H. Sotobayashi,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
eBook ISBN: 9780080463582
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0603286
Multipartite nonlocality without entanglement in many dimensions,
J. Niset and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 74 (2006) 052103.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0608032
Optimal finite measurements and Gauss quadratures,
S. Iblisdir and J. Roland,
Phys. Lett. A 358 (2006) 368-372.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0612219
2005
Asymmetric phase-covariant d-dimensional cloning ,
L.-Ph. Lamoureux and N. J. Cerf,
Quant. Inform. Comp. 5 (2005) 32-39.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0410031,
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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0503111
Cloning quantum entanglement in arbitrary dimensions,
E. Karpov, P. Navez, and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042314.
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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.
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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.
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Multipartite asymmetric quantum cloning,
S. Iblisdir, A. Acin, N. J. Cerf, R. Filip, J. Fiurasek, and N. Gisin,
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 042328.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0507130
Economical quantum cloning in any dimension,
T. Durt, J. Fiurasek, and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005) 052322.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0311119
Intramolecular Hamiltonian logic gates,
J. Fiurasek, N. J. Cerf, I. Duchemin, and C. Joachim,
Physica E 24 (2004) 161-172.
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Optimal probabilistic cloning and purification of quantum states,
J. Fiurasek,
Phys. Rev. A 70 (2004) 032308.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0404054
Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light,
B. Julsgaard, J. Sherson, J. I. Cirac, J. Fiurasek, and E. S. Polzik
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arXiv quant-ph/0410072
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).
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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.
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2003
Quantum key distribution using Gaussian-modulated coherent states,
F. Grosshans, G. Van Assche, J. Wenger, R. Brouri, N.J. Cerf,
and P. Grangier,
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arXiv quant-ph/0312016
News and Views (by M. Hillery)
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Security of quantum key distribution with entangled qutrits,
T. Durt, N.J. Cerf, N. Gisin, and M. Zukowski,
Phys. Rev. A 67 (2003), 012311.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0302172
Quantum-circuit model of Hamiltonian search algorithms,
J. Roland and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 062311.
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arXiv quant-ph/0302138
Adiabatic quantum search algorithm for structured problems,
J. Roland and N. J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 062312.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0306141
Unitary-gate synthesis for continuous-variable systems,
J. Fiurasek,
Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 022304.
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arXiv quant-ph/0303035
Frequency down-conversion through Bose condensation of light,
P. Navez,
Phys. Rev. A 68 (2003) 013811.
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J. Cardinal and G. Van Assche,
in Proceedings of 2003 IEEE Inf. Th. Workshop (2003)
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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.)
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.
arXiv: quant-ph/0210061
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).
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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).
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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.
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Quantum search by local adiabatic evolution,
J. Roland and N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 042308.
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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).
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Quantum cloning of orthogonal qubits,
J. Fiurasek, S. Iblisdir, S. Massar, and N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. A 65 (2002) 040302(R).
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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.
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arXiv: quant-ph/0107031
Multipartite classical and quantum secrecy monotones,
N.J. Cerf, S. Massar, and S. Schneider,
Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002) 042309.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv: quant-ph/0106049
A method for secure transmission: quantum cryptography,
P. Navez and G. Van Assche,
Technopol IT-Scan (4/2002).
all documents,
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Joint Entropy-Constrained Multiterminal Quantization,
J. Cardinal and G. Van Assche,
in: Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (2002).
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2001
Quantum distribution of Gaussian keys using squeezed states,
N.J. Cerf, M. Levy, and G.Van Assche,
Phys. Rev. A 63 (2001) 052311.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/0012046
Phase conjugation of continuous quantum variables,
N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir,
Phys. Rev. A 64 (2001) 032307.
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arXiv quant-ph/0012020
Quantum cloning machines with phase-conjugate input modes,
N.J. Cerf and S. Iblisdir,
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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
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arXiv physics/0102044
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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/9806078
Asymmetric quantum cloning in any dimension,
N.J. Cerf,
J. Mod. Opt. 47 (2000), 187-209.
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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.
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/9904049
Pauli cloning of a quantum bit,
N.J. Cerf,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 4497-4500.
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arXiv quant-ph/9803058
Nested quantum search and NP-hard problems,
N.J. Cerf, L.K. Grover, and C.P. Williams,
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(special issue on quantum computing, Dagstuhl 1998)
Cloning of continuous quantum variables,
N.J. Cerf, A. Ipe, and X. Rottenberg,
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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).
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arXiv quant-ph/0005044
1999
Quantum extension of conditional probability,
N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,
Phys. Rev. A 60 (1999), 893-897.
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arXiv quant-ph/9710001
Reduction criterion for separability,
N.J. Cerf, C. Adami, and R.M. Gingrich,
Phys. Rev. A 60 (1999), 898-909.
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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).
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).
arXiv quant-ph/9806047
Prolegomena to a non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics,
C. Adami and N.J. Cerf,
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arXiv quant-ph/9904006
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.
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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.
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PDF file, 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.
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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)
ISSN 1336-040X (online)
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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.
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Negative entropy and information in quantum mechanics,
N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,
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arXiv quant-ph/9512022
Entropic Bell inequalities,
N.J. Cerf and C. Adami,
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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.
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arXiv quant-ph/9702031
von Neumann capacity of noisy quantum channels,
C. Adami and N.J. Cerf,
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arXiv quant-ph/9609024
1996
Quantum information theory of entanglement,
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PhD Theses
Characterization of higher-order quantum processes: When projective methods recover a model of logic,
T. Hoffreumon, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2023)
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Distinguishability in quantum multiphoton interference: from bunching phenomena to the validation of boson sampling,
B. Seron, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2023)
Witnessing optical nonclassicality and quantum entanglement using multicopy observables,
C. Griffet, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2023)
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Detecting nonclassicality and estimating parameters in quantum phase space,
M. Arnhem, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2022)
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Majorization theoretical approach to quantum uncertainty: From Wigner entropy to Gaussian bosonic channels,
Z. Van Herstraeten, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2021)
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New bounds for information complexity and quantum query complexity via convex optimization tools,
M. Brandeho, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2018)
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Bosonic systems in quantum information theory : Gaussian-dilatable channels, passive states, and beyond,
M. Jabbour, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2018)
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Exploring continuous-variable entropic uncertainty relations and separability criteria in quantum phase space,
A. Hertz, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2018)
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Gaussian deterministic and probabilistic transformations of bosonic quantum fields - Squeezing and entanglement generation,
C. Gagatsos, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2014)
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Information transmission through Bosonic Gaussian quantum channels,
J. Schäfer, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2013)
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Two-player interaction in quantum computing:
cryptographic primitives and query complexity,
L. Magnin, Université Libre de Bruxelles & Université Paris-Sud 11 (2011)
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Quantum Information with Optical Continuous Variables:
Nonlocality, Entanglement, and Error Correction,
J. Niset, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2008)
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Quantum Information with Optical Continuous Variables: from Bell Tests to Key Distribution,
R. Garcia-Patron, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2007)
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ULB Collection
Experimental and Theroretical Aspects of Quantum Cryptographic Protocols,
L.-P. Lamoureux, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2006)
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Information-theoretic aspects of quantum key distribution,
G. Van Assche, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2005)
The manuscript was turned into the book
Quantum cryptography and secret-key distillation
(Cambridge University Press, 2006).
Click here
to see the introduction chapter.
Adiabatic Quantum Computation,
J. Roland, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2004)
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Aspects of Quantum Non-locality,
S. Pironio, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2004)
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Communication avec des variables quantiques continues : clonage et cryptographie,
S. Iblisdir, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2003)
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Ms Theses
Uncertainty relations using the Jordan-Schwinger map,
Benoît Dubus, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2023).
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Quantum processes with indefinite causal order on time-delocalised subsystems: Shift basis distinguishability using time-delocalized realization of the Lugano process,
Eliot Niedercorn, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2023).
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Quantum general covariance as an extended symmetry principle: A study of relative Hamiltonian dynamics,
Nikita Faesch, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2023).
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Majorization relations and quantum entanglement,
Serge Deside, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2022).
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Additive uncertainty relations in quantum optics,
Enea Kuko, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2020).
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Processes with indefinite causal structure in quantum theory:
The Multi-Round Process Matrix,
Timothée Hoffreumon, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2019).
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Multi-photon quantum interferences in multimode optics circuits,
Philippe Neuville, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2019).
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From discrete- to continuous-variable protocols for quantum key distribution,
Célia Griffet, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2019).
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Study of autonomous quantum thermodynamical machines,
Emmanouil Grigoriou, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2018).
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The Information Complexity of Quantum Non-locality,
Mathieu Cavenaile, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2018).
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Differential entropies in phase space for quantum photonic systems,
Zacharie Van Herstraeten, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2017).
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Amélioration de la mesure quantique de la phase optique avec des états comprimés,
Matthieu Arnhem, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2015).
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Weak-value representations of the electromagnetic field in phase space,
Jonathan Alzetta, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2013).
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Majorization relations in quantum information theory,
Michael Jabbour, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2013).
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Mikhael Bernair, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2012).
Julien Fillée, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2012).
Influence de la dissipation sur la fidélité de la téléportation quantique,
Laurent Jacqmin, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2010).
Classical capacity of a bosonic memory channel with Gauss-Markov noise,
J. Schäfer, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz (2009).
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Etude des relais et répéteurs quantiques à variables continues,
L. Olislager, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2008).
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Etude de l’intrication multimodale spatiale en imagerie quantique,
Francois Bernard, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2008).