Publications

Quantum Memories Dynamic Networking and Entanglement Distribution Satellite Quantum Communications Quantum Components Quantum Protocols and Networking Theory Quantum-safe Secure Communication & Standards

Quantum Memories

2026

Christiaan Bekker, Mikael Syväjärvi and Stefania Castelletto

“Silicon carbide present and future applications in photonics, energy and quantum technology”, Mater. Quantum. Technol. 6 033002

DOI: 10.1088/2633-4356/ae98d3

2025

Alexander R. Jones, Xingrui Cheng, Shravan Kumar Parthasarathy, Muhammad Junaid Arshad, Pasquale Cilibrizzi, Roland Nagy, Patrick Salter, Jason Smith, Cristian Bonato, and Christiaan Bekker

“Scalable Registration of Single Quantum Emitters within Solid Immersion Lenses through Femtosecond Laser Writing”, Nano Lett. 2025, 25, 30, 11528–11535

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c01325

Issam Belgacem, Pasquale Cilibrizzi, Muhammad Junaid Arshad, Daniel White, Malte Kroj, Christiaan Bekker, Margherita Mazzera, Brian D. Gerardot, Angelo C. Frangeskou, Gavin W. Morley, Nguyen Tien Son, Jawad Ul-Hassan, Takeshi Ohshima, Hiroshi Abe, Lorenzo Vinco, Dario Polli, Giulio Cerullo, and Cristian Bonato

“Broadband Fourier transform spectroscopy of quantum emitters photoluminescence with sub-nanosecond temporal resolution”, Optica Quantum 3, 335-345 (2025)

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICAQ.565729

Nicholas Martin, Alastair Brash, Anna Tomlinson, Elisa M. Sala, Eve O. Mills, Catherine Phillips, René Dost, Luke Hallacy, Peter Millington-Hotze, Dominic Hallett, Katie O’Flaherty, Jon Heffernan, Maurice Skolnick, Mark Fox, and Luke R. Wilson

“Stark Tuning and Charge State Control in Individual Telecom C-Band Quantum Dots”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 127, 194001 (2025)

DOI: 10.1063/5.0302840

Stewart Wallace, Yoann Altmann, Brian D. Gerardot, Erik M. Gauger, and Cristian Bonato

“Learning the dynamics of Markovian open quantum systems from experimental data”, Phys. Rev. Research 7, 033217

DOI: 10.1103/m66m-lnjh

Kingshuck Mallick, Cristian Bonato, and Alton Horsfall

“Phase control of multi-RF photon spectroscopy of spin centers in SiC”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 127, 044003 (2025)

DOI: 10.1063/5.0270164

Xingrui Cheng, Andreas Thurn, Guangzhao Chen, Gareth S. Jones, James E. Bennett, Maddison Coke, Mason Adshead, Cathryn P. Michaels, Osman Balci, Andrea C. Ferrari, Mete Atature, Richard J. Curry, Jason M. Smith, Patrick S. Salter and Dorian A. Gangloff

“Laser activation of single group-IV colour centres in diamond”, Nat Commun 16, 5124 (2025)

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60373-5

Andrew R. Kirkpatrick, Zhin Mai, Colin J. Stephen, Gareth S. Jones, Gavin W. Morley, Martin J. Booth, Patrick S. Salter, and Jason M. Smith

“Deterministic laser-writing of nitrogen-vacancy centres in high purity diamond”, 2025 Mater. Quantum. Technol. 5 041002

DOI: 10.1088/2633-4356/ae1c14

Dynamic Networking and Entanglement Distribution

2026

Natalia Herrera Valencia, Annameng Ma, Suraj Goel, Saroch Leedumrongwatthanakun, Francesco Graffitti, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Will McCutcheon, and Mehul Malik

“A Large-Scale Reconfigurable Multiplexed Quantum Photonic Network”, Nat. Photon. 20, 202–207 (2026)

DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01806-x

Imad I. Faruque, Nathan Moses, Hugh Barrett, Alex Clark, Siddarth K. Joshi, and Jorge Barreto

“Advanced photon-pair sources for chip-based quantum technology”, Proc. SPIE 13908, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XXII, 139080A

DOI: 10.1117/12.3081293

Matt Young, Haofan Duan, Stefano Pirandola, and Marco Lucamarini

“A Comparison of Optimisation Algorithms for Electronic Polarisation Control in Quantum Key Distribution”, Appl. Sci. 2026, 16(5), 2568

DOI: 10.3390/app16052568

Ben Taylor, Peter Smith, James Dynes, Robert Woodward, Marco Lucamarini, Mark Stevenson, and Andrew Shields

“Practical countermeasure against attacks exploiting detection-efficiency mismatch in quantum key distribution”, Phys. Rev. Applied 25, 054029

DOI: 10.1103/7zhl-5vv1

Tommaso Faleo, Christopher L. Morrison, Roméo Beignon, Francesco Graffitti, Vikas Remesh, Stefan Frick, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Gregor Weihs, and Robert Keil

“Optimized spectral purity of unfiltered photons via pump and nonlinearity shaping”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 128, 204004 (2026)

DOI: 10.1063/5.0315044

Federico Belliardo, Erik M. Gauger, Mohamed H. Abobeih, Tim H. Taminiau, Yoann Altmann, and Cristian Bonato

“Multidimensional Quantum Estimation and Model Learning Framework Based on Variational Bayesian Inference”, PRX Quantum 7, 020360

DOI: 10.1103/6yhz-9vr6

Sima Bahrani, Romerson D. Oliveira, Juan Marcela Parra-Ullauri, and Dimitra Simeonidou

“Resource Management and Circuit Scheduling for Distributed Quantum Computing Interconnect Networks”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 44, pp. 5175-5189, 2026

DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2026.3706033

Frederik Brooke Barnes, Roberto G. Pousa, Christopher L. Morrison, Zhe Xian Koong, Joseph Ho, Francesco Graffitti, John Jeffers, Daniel K. L. Oi, Brian D. Gerardot, and Alessandro Fedrizzi

“Decoy-State Quantum Key Distribution over 227 km with a Frequency-Converted Telecom Single-Photon Source”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 060801

DOI: 10.1103/5wwp-rbpm

2025

Marcus J Clark, Obada Alia, Sima Bahrani, Gregory T Jasion, Hesham Sakr, Periklis Petropoulos, Francesco Poletti, George T Kanellos, John Rarity, Reza Nejabati, Siddarth K Joshi, Rui Wang, and Dimitra Simeonidou

“Coexistence of Entanglement-based Quantum Channels with DWDM Classical Channels over Hollow Core Fibre in a Four Node Quantum Communication Network”, npj Quantum Inf 11, 181 (2025)

DOI: 10.1038/s41534-025-01125-7

Matt Young, Marco Lucamarini, and Stefano Pirandola

“Autonomous recognition of erroneous raw key bit bias in quantum key distribution”, Sci Rep 16, 598 (2026)

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-30095-1

Suraj Goel, Bohnishikha Ghosh, and Mehul Malik

“Quantum information processing with spatially structured light”, Adv. Photon. 8(1) 014005

DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.8.1.014005

Satellite Quantum Communications

2026

Ömer S Tapşın, Furkan Ağlarci, Roberto G Pousa, Daniel K L Oi, Mustafa Gündogan, and Serkan Ateş

“Quantum Key Distribution using hBN Single-Photon Emitters at a 40 MHz Clock Rate”, Quantum Sci. Technol. 11 025058

DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/ae679c

Vinod N Rao, Killian Murphy, Fadi Ahwal, Emma Tien Hwai Medlock, Timothy P Spiller, and Rupesh Kumar

“Quantum random number generation from the continuous variable payload for the SPOQC mission”, Quantum Sci. Technol. 11 035070

DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/ae917a

2025

Arpad Lenart, Tanviruk Islam, Srihari Sivasankaran, Peter Neilson, Bernhardt Hidding, Daniel K.L. Oi, and Alexander Ling

“Comparing a radiation damage model for avalanche photodiodes through in-situ observation of CubeSat based devices”, Commun Phys 8, 118 (2025)

DOI: 10.1038/s42005-025-02042-z

Naga Lakshmi Anipeddi, Jerry Horgan, Daniel K.L. Oi, and Deirdre Kilbane

“Optical ground station diversity for satellite quantum key distribution in Ireland”, EPJ Quantum Technol. 12, 91 (2025)

DOI: 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-025-00390-x

Sarah McCarthy, Ali Anwar, Daniel Oi, and Loyd McKnight

“Compact and stable source of polarization-entangled photon-pairs based on a folded linear displacement interferometer”, Opt. Express 33, 38657-38668 (2025)

DOI: 10.1364/OE.563574

Thomas Jaeken, Alexander Pickston, Faris Redza, Thomas Jennewein, and Alessandro Fedrizzi

“Emulation of satellite up-link quantum communication with entangled photons”, Optica Quantum 3, 452-458 (2025)

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICAQ.559266

Sumit Goswami, Sayandip Dhara, Neil Sinclair, Makan Mohageg, Jasminder S. Sidhu, Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay, Markus Krutzik, John R. Lowell, Daniel K. L. Oi, Mustafa Gündoğan, Ying-Cheng Chen, Hsiang-Hua Jen, and Christoph Simon

“Satellites promise global-scale quantum networks”, Optica Quantum 3, 590-605 (2025)

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICAQ.567531

Quantum Components

2026

Lisa Saalbach, Fiona Fleming, Xin Yi, and Gerald S. Buller

“Recent advances in single-photon detection towards the short-wave infrared spectral region”, Advances in Physics: X, 11(1)

DOI: 10.1080/23746149.2025.2611978

Xiao Jin, Wenguang Zhou, Yang Zhao, Qingyu Tian, Xin Yi, Xiaofeng Tao, Adam Craig, Mrudul Modak, Andrew Marshall, Yingqiang Xu, Guowei Wang, John P. R. David, and Gerald S. Buller

“A Study of the Avalanche Multiplication and Excess Noise in Al_xIn_1–xAs_γSb_1-γ Avalanche Photodiodes Lattice-Matched to GaSb”, ACS Photonics 2026, 13, 5, 1275–1283

DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02166

Guoliang Zhou, Elisa M. Sala, Young In Na, Paul W. Fry, Dominic J. Hallett, Alistair J. Brash, Luke Wilson, and Jon Heffernan

“Site-control of InAs quantum dots on InP by droplet epitaxy in MOVPE”, npj Nanophoton. (2026)

DOI: 10.1038/s44310-026-00139-z

2025

Mrudul Modak, Muhammad M. A. Mirza, Xin Yi, Qingyu Tian, Lisa Saalbach, Fiona Fleming, Jaroslaw Kirdoda, Derek C. S. Dumas, Xiao Jin, Charlie Smith, Levi Tegg, Sima Aminorroaya Yamini, John P. R. David, Douglas J. Paul, Ross W. Millar, and Gerald S. Buller

“CMOS-Compatible Short-Wave Infrared Linear Arrays of Ge-on-Si Avalanche Photodiodes”, Adv. Photonics Res., 6: 2500005

DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202500005

Dave Muir, Lisa Saalbach, Mrudul Modak, Fiona Fleming, Xin Yi, and Gerald S. Buller

“Analysis of the Electric Field and Photocurrent Densities in Germanium-on-Silicon Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 6822-6828, Dec. 2025

DOI: 10.1109/TED.2025.3617900

Mrudul Modak, Xin Yi, Lisa Saalbach, Fiona Fleming, Dave Muir, Gerald S. Buller, Muhammad M. A. Mirza, Jarosław Kirdoda, Derek C. S. Dumas, Charlie Smith, Douglas J. Paul, Ross Millar, Xiao Jin, Qingyu Tian, and John P. R. David

“Germanium-on-Silicon avalanche photodiode arrays for short-wave infrared detection”, Proc. SPIE 13674, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XXII, 136740D (28 October 2025)

DOI: 10.1117/12.3072589

Quantum Protocols and Networking Theory

2026

Zhiyue Zuo, Masoud Ghalaii, and Stefano Pirandola

“Realistic threat models for fibre and free-space continuous variable quantum key distribution”, Phys. Rev. Research 8, 013185

DOI: 10.1103/hq32-x7gt

Mateusz Duda, Nicholas J Martin, Eve O. Mills, Luke R. Wilson, and Pieter Kok,

“Routing single photons with quantum emitters coupled to nanostructures”, Appl. Phys. Rev. 13, 021323 (2026)

DOI: 10.1063/5.0264750

Alexander G Mountogiannakis and Stefano Pirandola

“Optimizing epsilon security parameters in QKD”, Phys. Scr. 101 325101

DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ae8db2

2025

Yan Pan, Yiming Bian, Yang Li, Xuesong Xu, Li Ma, Heng Wang, Yujie Luo, Ting Ye, Yaodi Pi, Jie Yang, Ao Sun, Wei Huang, Song Yu, Stefano Pirandola, Yichen Zhang, and Bingjie Xu

“High-rate 16-node quantum access network based on a passive optical network”, Optica 12, 953-960 (2025)

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.553783

Cillian Harney and Stefano Pirandola

“Practical routing and criticality in large-scale quantum communication networks”, Phys. Rev. Research 7, 043168

DOI: 10.1103/vy37-28jc

Lewis Wooltorton, Peter Brown, and Roger Colbeck

“Genuine Multipartite Entanglement is Not Necessary for Standard Device-Independent Conference Key Agreement”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 220803

DOI: 10.1103/v4s8-3zl5

Lewis Wooltorton, Peter Brown, and Roger Colbeck

“Expanding bipartite Bell inequalities for maximum multi-partite randomness”, Quantum 9, 1930 (2025)

DOI: 10.22331/q-2025-12-05-1930

Quantum-safe Secure Communication & Standards

2026

Luke Arabskyj, Liang Qiao, Dmitri Permogorov, Marco Lucamarini, and Christopher Chunnilall

“Characterisation of a Low-Noise Tuneable Silicon Single-Photon Avalanche Diode” Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 1815-1821

DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2025.3646065

Ryan Bevin, Seog Chung Seo, Ayesha Khalid, and Máire O’Neill

“PACE – Plantard Accelerated CRYSTALS Extensions”, IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 75516-75524, 2026

DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3694570

Rong Xue and Christopher J. Chunnilall

“Cost-effective, rack-mountable energy-time/time-bin entangled biphoton source for quantum networks”, Opt. Express 34, 32179-32189 (2026)

DOI: 10.1364/OE.596030

2025

Usama Habib Chaudhry, Razi Arshad, Ayesha Khalid, Indranil Ghosh Ray, and Mehdi Hussain

“zk-DASTARK: A quantum-resistant, data authentication and zero-knowledge proof scheme for protecting data feed to smart contracts”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 123, Part B, 2025, 110089

DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2025.110089

Mark Kennaway, Tuan Hoang, Ayesha Khalid, Ciara Rafferty, and Máire O’Neill

“An enhanced two-step CPA Side-channel analysis attack on ML-KEM”, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Security and Cryptography – SECRYPT; ISBN 978-989-758-760-3; ISSN 2184-7711, SciTePress, pages 263-274

DOI: 10.5220/0013638600003979

Ziying Ni, Ayesha Khalid, Zhaoyu Zhang, Yijun Cui, Weiqiang Liu, and Máire O’Neill

“HRaccoon: A High-performance Configurable SCA Resilient Raccoon Hardware Accelerator”, IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, 2025(3), 413-436

DOI: 10.46586/tches.v2025.i3.413-436

Publications

Quantum Memories

Dynamic Networking and Entanglement Distribution

Satellite Quantum Communications

Quantum Components

Quantum Protocols and Networking Theory

Quantum-safe Secure Communication & Standards

Integrated Quantum Networks Hub