Creating Quantum States and Connecting Networks- Cybersecurity through the Lens of Nonlocality
Abstract
Broadly, the project aims to develop some of this fundamental knowledge and to determine whether the resulting techniques could also enhance security for local information processing tasks involving quantum information processors. More specifically, the project willsystematically study photonic state preparation, including the feasibility and different possible ways of creating quantum states of light using practical sets of resources. We will investigate the suitability of such preparations for network tasks that can be completed even when constituent nodes may be controlled by an adversary. This device-independent property will arise naturally in our analysis by exploiting quantum nonlocality. Finally, we explore the possibility of a quantum security advantage in stochastic simulation.The project will combine techniques from several subfields of mathematics, quantum information theory and computer science to rigorously determine feasibility, efficiently represent the quantum systems in question, simplify the problem and optimize circuits. The anticipated outcomes are new fundamental understanding and a comprehensive theory toolkit for practical state generation tasks in quantum optics, particularly for device-independent quantum information protocols. This will advance optical quantum science and technology by enabling the realization of new quantum states of light and their use in quantum networks without the need to trust the involved parties.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 16, 2024
- Source ID
- FA23862314086
Entities
People
- Nora Tischler
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Griffith University
- United States Air Force