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Refereed conference abstracts

2023

Е. В. Борисова, Б. И. Галаган, И. В. Жлуктова, В. В. Колташев, А. А. Поносова, С. Е. Сверчков,
Разработка элементной базы волоконных лазеров на основе халькогенидных стёкол для среднего ИК-диапазона (contributed talk),
presented at VKVO 2023, Perm, Russia, 3–6 October 2023.
PDF (682 KiB)
A. Ponosova, I. Zhluktova, D. Ruzhitskaya, A. Wolf, V. Kamynin, V. Tsvetkov, and V. Makarov,
Laser-damage attack on QKD systems using 1061-nm pulsed laser (poster),
presented at ICQT 2023, Moscow, Russia, 9–12 July 2023.
PDF (187 KiB)
D. Ruzhitskaya, I. Zhluktova, A. Ponosova, D. Trefilov, P. Chaiwongkhot, A. Huang, V. Kamynin, and V. Makarov,
Resilience of quantum key distribution source against laser-damage attack by a variety of lasers (poster),
presented at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26–30 June 2023.
PDF (93 KiB)

2022

D. Ruzhitskaya, I. Zhluktova, M. Petrov, K. Zaitsev, P. Acheva, N. Zunikov, A. Shilko, D. Aktas, D. Trefilov, A. Ponosova, V. Kamynin, and V. Makarov,
Creation of loopholes in QKD systems using high-power pulsed laser (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2022, Taipei, Taiwan, 28 August – 3 September 2022.
PDF (271 KiB)
A. Huang, A. Mizutani, H.-K. Lo, V. Makarov, and K. Tamaki,
Characterisation of state preparation uncertainty in quantum key distribution (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2022, Taipei, Taiwan, 28 August – 3 September 2022.
PDF (721 KiB)
N. Sultana, J. Krynski, J. G. Lim, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
CubeSat single-photon detector module for performing in-orbit laser annealing to heal radiation damage (contributed talk),
presented at Small Satellite conference, Logan, Utah, USA, 6–11 August 2022.
PDF (2.2 MiB)
J. Krynski, N. Sultana, Y. Seok-Lee, J. G. Lim, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Laser annealing protocols for healing radiation-damaged single-photon detectors (poster),
presented at IEEE Nuclear & Space Radiation Effects conference, Provo, Utah, USA, 18–22 July 2022.
PDF (541 KiB)
P. Acheva, K. Zaitsev, and V. Makarov,
Automated setup for testing single-photon detectors countermeasures with bright-light attacks (poster),
presented at Saint Petersburg Open 2022 conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 24–27 May 2022.
PDF (305 KiB)

2021

K. Zaitsev, P. Acheva, and V. Makarov,
Automated testbench for checking vulnerability of single-photon detectors to bright-light attack (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2021 online, 23–27 August 2021.
PDF (225 KiB)
K. Zaitsev, P. Acheva, and V. Makarov,
Automated testbench for checking vulnerability of single-photon detectors to bright-light attack (poster),
presented at ICQT 2021, Moscow, Russia, 12–16 July 2021.
PDF (225 KiB)

2020

M. Petrov, I. Radchenko, D. Steiger, R. Renner, M. Troyer, and V. Makarov,
Independent security analysis of a commercial quantum random number generator Quantis from ID Quantique (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2020 online, 10–14 August 2020.
PDF (371 KiB)
D. Ruzhitskaya, A. Ponosova, F. Jöhlinger, P. Chaiwongkhot, V. Egorov, D. Aktas, J. Rarity, C. Erven, V. Makarov, and A. Huang,
Protecting QKD sources against light-injection attacks (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2020 online, 10–14 August 2020.
PDF (628 KiB)
D. Ruzhitskaya, F. Jöhlinger, A. Ponosova, A. Huang, C. Erven, J. Rarity, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage attack on an integrated optics chip for quantum key distribution (poster),
presented at School on Quantum Technologies, Roza Khutor, Russia, 1–6 March 2020.
PDF (1.0 MiB)
A. Ponosova, D. Ruzhitskaya, P. Chaiwongkhot, V. Egorov, V. Makarov, and A. Huang,
Isolation reduction of quantum cryptography systems induced by continuous-wave high-power laser (poster),
presented at School on Quantum Technologies, Roza Khutor, Russia, 1–6 March 2020.
PDF (174 KiB)

2019

N. Sultana, A. Huang, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Forced control of single-photon negative-feedback avalanche diodes using bright illumination (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2019, Montreal, Canada, 26–30 August 2019.
PDF (200 KiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, A. Huang, J. Zhong, H. Qin, S.-c. Shi, and V. Makarov,
Faking photon number on transition-edge sensor (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2019, Montreal, Canada, 26–30 August 2019.
PDF (506 KiB)
S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, A. Huang, H. Qin, V. Egorov, A. Kozubov, A. Gaidash, V. Chistiakov, A. Vasiliev, A. Gleim, and V. Makarov,
An approach for security evaluation and certification of a complete quantum communication system (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2019, Montreal, Canada, 26–30 August 2019.
PDF (184 KiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, A. Huang, J. Zhong, H. Qin, S.-c. Shi, and V. Makarov,
Faking photon number on transition-edge sensor (poster),
presented at ICQT 2019, Moscow, Russia, 15–19 July 2019.
PDF (514 KiB)

2018

A. Huang, R. Li, S. Tchouragoulov, V. Egorov, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage attack against optical attenuators in quantum key distribution (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2018, Shanghai, China, 27–31 August 2018.
PDF (249 KiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, K. B. Kuntz, J.-P. Bourgoin, N. Lütkenhaus, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Generalized spatial-mode detection efficiency mismatch in a free-space QKD system with Zernike polynomials (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2018, Shanghai, China, 27–31 August 2018.
PDF (2.6 MiB)
A. Huang, Á. Navarrete, R. Li, V. Egorov, S.-H. Sun, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Curty, and V. Makarov,
Eve strikes back in the era of measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2018, Shanghai, China, 27–31 August 2018.
PDF (978 KiB)

2017

N. Sultana, J. G. Lim, J.-P. Bourgoin, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
CubeSat detector assembly for investigating in-orbit mitigation of radiation damage (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2017, Cambridge, UK, 18–22 September 2017.
PDF (261 KiB)
H. Qin, A. Huang, and V. Makarov,
Short pulse attack on continuous-variable quantum key distribution system (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2017, Cambridge, UK, 18–22 September 2017.
PDF (178 KiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, K. B. Kuntz, A. Huang, J.-P. Bourgoin, S. Sajeed, N. Lütkenhaus, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
Effect of atmospheric turbulence on spatial-mode detector-efficiency mismatch (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2017, Cambridge, UK, 18–22 September 2017.
PDF (2.0 MiB)
A. Huang, S.-H. Sun, Z. Liu, and V. Makarov,
Decoy state quantum key distribution with imperfect source (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2017, Cambridge, UK, 18–22 September 2017.
PDF (340 KiB)
S. Sajeed, C. Minshull, N. Jain, and V. Makarov,
Invisible Trojan-horse attack (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2017, Cambridge, UK, 18–22 September 2017.
PDF (316 KiB)
S. Sajeed, C. Minshull, N. Jain, and V. Makarov,
Invisible Trojan-horse attack (contributed talk),
presented at ICNFP 2017, Crete, Greece, 17–29 August 2017.
PDF (107 KiB)
S. Sajeed, A. Huang, S. Sun, F. Xu, V. Makarov, and M. Curty,
Insecurity of detector-device-independent quantum key distribution (3rd prize for best poster),
presented at ICNFP 2017, Crete, Greece, 17–29 August 2017;
PDF (117 KiB);
poster: PDF (6.1 MiB)
C. J. Pugh, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, J. Jin, N. Sultana, S. Agne, E. Anisimova, V. Makarov, E. Choi, B. L. Higgins, and T. Jennewein,
Airborne demonstration of a quantum key distribution receiver payload (contributed talk),
presented at Canadian-American-Mexican graduate student physics conference, Washington DC, USA, 17–19 August 2017.
PDF (157 KiB)
S. Sajeed, C. Minshull, N. Jain, and V. Makarov,
Insecurity of practical quantum key distribution against long-wavelength Trojan-horse attacks (poster),
presented at Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics 2017, Lyngby, Denmark, 26–30 June 2017.
PDF (378 KiB)
C. J. Pugh, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, J. Jin, N. Sultana, S. Agne, E. Anisimova, V. Makarov, E. Choi, B. L. Higgins, and T. Jennewein,
Airborne demonstration of a quantum key distribution receiver payload (contributed talk),
presented at CLEO Europe, Munich, Germany, 25–29 June 2017.
PDF (157 KiB)
C. J. Pugh, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, J. Jin, N. Sultana, S. Agne, E. Anisimova, V. Makarov, E. Choi, B. L. Higgins, and T. Jennewein,
Airborne demonstration of a quantum key distribution receiver payload (contributed talk),
presented at CAP annual congress, Kingston, ON, Canada, 29 May – 2 June 2017.
PDF (157 KiB)
C. J. Pugh, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, J. Jin, N. Sultana, S. Agne, E. Anisimova, V. Makarov, E. Choi, B. L. Higgins, and T. Jennewein,
Airborne demonstration of a quantum key distribution receiver payload (contributed talk),
presented at CLEO Applications and Technology, San Jose, California, USA, 14–19 May 2017.
PDF (170 KiB)
C. J. Pugh, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, J. Jin, N. Sultana, S. Agne, E. Anisimova, V. Makarov, E. Choi, B. L. Higgins, and T. Jennewein,
Airborne demonstration of a quantum key distribution receiver payload (contributed talk),
presented at COST Quantum Technologies in Space conference, Valletta, Malta, 26–31 March 2017.
PDF (157 KiB)

2016

S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Gagné, J.-P. Bourgoin, C. Minshull, M. Legré, T. Jennewein, R. Kashyap, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage creates backdoors in quantum cryptography (contributed talk),
presented at SPIE Laser Damage Symposium, Boulder, Colorado, USA, September 25–28, 2016.
PDF (83 KiB)
J. G. Lim, E. Anisimova, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
Laser annealing heals radiation damage in single-photon avalanche photodiodes (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2016, Washington DC, USA, September 12–16, 2016.
PDF (144 KiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, S. Sajeed, L. Lydersen, and V. Makarov,
Finite-key-size effect in commercial plug-and-play QKD system (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2016, Washington DC, USA, September 12–16, 2016.
PDF (960 KiB)
A. Huang, S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Soucarros, M. Legré, and V. Makarov,
An advanced Eve of QKD: breaking a security assumption and hacking a black box (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2016, Washington DC, USA, September 12–16, 2016.
PDF (432 KiB)
A. Huang, S. Sajeed, S. Sun, F. Xu, V. Makarov, and M. Curty,
Insecurity of detector-device-independent quantum key distribution (contributed talk),
presented at QCrypt 2016, Washington DC, USA, September 12–16, 2016.
PDF (531 KiB)
S. Sajeed, S. Kaiser, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Gagné, J.-P. Bourgoin, C. Minshull, M. Legré, T. Jennewein, R. Kashyap, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage creates backdoors in quantum cryptography (contributed talk),
presented at QCrypt 2016, Washington DC, USA, September 12–16, 2016.
PDF (4.1 MiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, S. Sajeed, L. Lydersen, and V. Makarov,
Finite-key-size effect in commercial plug-and-play QKD system (poster),
presented at Trustworthy Quantum Information (TyQI) Workshop, Shanghai, China, June 27–30, 2016.
PDF (568 KiB)
A. Huang, S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Soucarros, M. Legré, and V. Makarov,
Gaps between industrial and academic solutions to implementation loopholes in QKD: testing random-detector-efficiency countermeasure in a commercial system (poster),
presented at Trustworthy Quantum Information (TyQI) Workshop, Shanghai, China, June 27–30, 2016.
arXiv:1601.00993v2 [quant-ph]
S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Gagné, J.-P. Bourgoin, C. Minshull, M. Legré, T. Jennewein, R. Kashyap, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage creates backdoors in quantum cryptography (poster),
presented at Trustworthy Quantum Information (TyQI) Workshop, Shanghai, China, June 27–30, 2016.
PDF (2.3 MiB)

2015

P. V. P. Pinheiro, P. Chaiwongkhot, S. Sajeed, R. T. Horn, J.-P. Bourgoin, and V. Makarov,
Measurements of light emission from silicon avalanche photodetectors (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 28 – October 2, 2015.
PDF (526 KiB)
F. Xu, J. M. Arrazola, K. Wei, W. Wang, P. Palacios-Avila, C. Feng, S. Sajeed, N. Lütkenhaus, and H.-K. Lo,
Experimental quantum fingerprinting (contributed talk),
presented at QCrypt 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 28 – October 2, 2015.
PDF (482 KiB)
P. Chaiwongkhot, S. Sajeed, J.-P. Bourgoin, T. Jennewein, N. Lütkenhaus, and V. Makarov,
Spatial-mode detector efficiency mismatch security loophole in free-space QKD (contributed talk),
presented at QCrypt 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 28 – October 2, 2015.
PDF (2.8 MiB)
A. Huang, S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Soucarros, M. Legré, and V. Makarov,
Gap between industrial and academic solutions to implementation loopholes: testing random-gate-removal countermeasure in commercial QKD system (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 28 – October 2, 2015.
PDF (385 KiB)
E. Anisimova, B. Higgins, J.-P. Bourgoin, M. Cranmer, E. Choi, D. Hudson, L. P. Piche, A. Scott, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Demonstration of suitability of avalanche photodiodes for quantum communications in the low-Earth-orbit radiation environment (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 28 – October 2, 2015.
PDF (775 KiB)
E. Anisimova, D. Nikulov, S. S. Hu, M. Bourgon, R. Ursin, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
Low-noise single-photon detector for long-distance free-space quantum communication (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2015, Tokyo, Japan, September 28 – October 2, 2015.
PDF (258 KiB)
E. Anisimova, B. Higgins, J.-P. Bourgoin, M. Cranmer, E. Choi, D. Hudson, L. P. Piche, A. Scott, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Testing the suitability of avalanche photodiodes for quantum communications in the low-Earth-orbit radiation environment (contributed talk),
presented at Single Photon Workshop 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, July 13–17, 2015.
PDF (215 KiB)
E. Anisimova, D. Nikulov, S. S. Hu, M. Bourgon, R. Ursin, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
Low-noise single-photon detector for long-distance free-space quantum communication (poster),
presented at Single Photon Workshop 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, July 13–17, 2015.
PDF (2.1 MiB)

2014

S. Sajeed, I. Radchenko, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, L. Monat, M. Legré, and V. Makarov,
Securing two-way quantum communication: the monitoring detector and its flaws (contributed talk),
presented at QCrypt 2014, Paris, France, September 1–5, 2014.
PDF (721 KiB)
F. Xu, S. Sajeed, S. Kaiser, Z. Tang, V. Makarov, and H.-K. Lo,
Experimental quantum key distribution with source flaws and tight finite-key analysis (contributed talk),
presented at QCrypt 2014, Paris, France, September 1–5, 2014.
PDF (175 KiB)
N. Jain, E. Anisimova, I. Khan, V. Makarov, Ch. Marquardt, and G. Leuchs,
Quantum hacking with realistic Trojan-horse attacks (contributed talk),
presented at Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics 2014, Brussels, Belgium, June 23–27, 2014.
PDF (84 KiB)

2013

N. Jain, I. Khan, E. Anisimova, C. Wittmann, Ch. Marquardt, V. Makarov, and G. Leuchs,
Demonstrating feasibility of a Trojan-horse attack on a commercial QKD system (poster),
presented at QCrypt 2013, Waterloo, Canada, August 5–9, 2013.
poster: PDF (1.1 MiB)

2012

A. N. Bugge, S. Sauge, A. M. M. Ghazali, J. Skaar, L. Lydersen, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage of photodiodes helps the eavesdropper (invited talk),
presented at QCMC 2012, Vienna, Austria, July 30 – August 3, 2012.
PDF (724 KiB)
N. Jain, E. Anisimova, C. Wittmann, Ch. Marquardt, V. Makarov, and G. Leuchs,
Investigating the feasibility of a practical Trojan-horse attack on a commercial quantum key distribution system (poster),
presented at QCMC 2012, Vienna, Austria, July 30 – August 3, 2012.
PDF (312 KiB)

2011

V. Makarov,
Cracking quantum cryptography (invited talk),
presented at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2011, Munich, Germany, May 22–26, 2011.
PDF;
presentation slides: PowerPoint (13.6 MiB)
N. Jain, L. Lydersen, C. Wittmann, C. Wiechers, D. Elser, Ch. Marquardt, V. Makarov, and G. Leuchs,
Inducing a detector efficiency mismatch to hack a commercial quantum key distribution system (contributed talk),
presented at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2011, Munich, Germany, May 22–26, 2011.
PDF

2009

S. Sauge, V. Makarov, and A. Anisimov,
Quantum hacking: how Eve can exploit component imperfections to control yet another of Bob’s single-photon qubit detectors (contributed talk),
presented at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2009, Munich, Germany, June 14–19, 2009.
PDF
Y.-S. Kim, V. Makarov, Y.-C. Jeong, and Y.-H. Kim,
Silicon single-photon detector with 5 Hz dark counts (poster),
presented at CLEO/IQEC 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 31 – June 5, 2009.
PDF

2008

V. Makarov, A. Anisimov, and S. Sauge,
Can Eve control PerkinElmer actively-quenched single-photon detector? (poster),
presented at SECOQC conference, Vienna, Austria, October 8–10, 2008.
arXiv:0809.3408v1 [quant-ph];
poster: PDF (13.2 MiB)
V. Makarov,
Exploiting the saturation mode of passively quenched avalanche photodiodes to attack quantum cryptosystems (contributed talk),
in Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Annual Meeting 2008 (Opt. Soc. Korea, 2008), pp. 417–418.
PDF
 
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