Quantum communications
a graduate course taught in Moscow at MIPT and MISiS, fall 2024
A brief speech about this course:
Lecture materials
Lectures 1 and 2 (introduction; components of quantum-optical systems).
Lectures 3 and 4 were done on the blackboard.
Lecture 5 (measurements in quantum mechanics).
Lectures 6 and 7 (quantum key distribution).
Lectures 8–11 were done on the blackboard.
Lectures 12 and 13 (hacking attacks, detector control attack).
Lecture 14 (source distinguishability; certification), journal paper J.-G. Ren et al., “Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation,” Nature 549, 70 (2017).
Lecture 15 (discussion and outlook), journal paper M. Lucamarini et al., “Overcoming the rate–distance limit of quantum key distribution without quantum repeaters,” Nature 557, 400 (2018).
Course program
Topics for written part of the exam
Topics for oral part of the exam
Lecturers
Vadim Makarov, makarov@vad1.com
Roman Shakhovoy, r.shakhovoy@goqrate.com
Denis Sych, denis.sych@gmail.com
Archive materials from the previous years (2019–2023)
This course is followed by labs in the spring term.
