Monument "Integration". Trondheim, Norway 

Publications

by Vadim Makarov

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Preprints
1. V. Makarov, A. Abrikosov, P. Chaiwongkhot, A. K. Fedorov, A. Huang, E. Kiktenko, M. Petrov, A. Ponosova, D. Ruzhitskaya, A. Tayduganov, D. Trefilov, and K. Zaitsev
Preparing a commercial quantum key distribution system for certification against implementation loopholes 		arXiv:2310.20107 [quant-ph]
 
Journal papers
63. J. Krynski, N. Sultana, Y. S. Lee, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Protocols for healing radiation-damaged single-photon detectors suitable for space environment,
IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 70, 2605 (2023). 		PDF (1.7 MiB);
arXiv:2305.10959 [physics.space-ph]
62. P. Acheva, K. Zaitsev, V. Zavodilenko, A. Losev, A. Huang, and V. Makarov,
Automated verification of countermeasure against detector-control attack in quantum key distribution,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 10, 22 (2023). 		PDF (2.2 MiB);
arXiv:2305.18610 [physics.ins-det]
61. A. Huang, A. Mizutani, H.-K. Lo, V. Makarov, and K. Tamaki,
Characterization of state-preparation uncertainty in quantum key distribution,
Phys. Rev. Appl. 19, 014048 (2023). 		PDF (6.2 MiB);
arXiv:2205.11870 [quant-ph]
60. A. Ponosova, D. Ruzhitskaya, P. Chaiwongkhot, V. Egorov, V. Makarov, and A. Huang,
Protecting fiber-optic quantum key distribution sources against light-injection attacks,
PRX Quantum 3, 040307 (2022). 		PDF (4.2 MiB);
arXiv:2201.06114 [quant-ph]
59. P. Chaiwongkhot, J. Zhong, A. Huang, H. Qin, S.-c. Shi, and V. Makarov,
Faking photon number on a transition-edge sensor,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 9, 23 (2022). 		PDF (4.4 MiB);
arXiv:2102.08746 [quant-ph]
58. M. Petrov, I. Radchenko, D. Steiger, R. Renner, M. Troyer, and V. Makarov,
Independent quality assessment of a commercial quantum random number generator,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 9, 17 (2022). 		PDF (2.2 MiB);
arXiv:2004.04996 [quant-ph]
57. D. D. Ruzhitskaya, I. V. Zhluktova, M. A. Petrov, K. A. Zaitsev, P. P. Acheva, N. A. Zunikov, A. V. Shilko, D. Aktas, F. Johlinger, D. O. Trefilov, A. A. Ponosova, V. A. Kamynin, and V. V. Makarov,
Vulnerabilities in the quantum key distribution system induced under a pulsed laser attack,
Sci. Tech. J. Inf. Technol. Mech. Opt. 21, 837 (2021; in Russian). 		PDF (1.1 MiB)
56. E. Anisimova, D. Nikulov, S. S. Hu, M. Bourgon, S. P. Neumann, R. Ursin, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
A low-noise single-photon detector for long-distance free-space quantum communication,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 8, 23 (2021). 		PDF (1.8 MiB);
arXiv:2007.12768 [quant-ph]
55. I. DSouza, J.-P. Bourgoin, B. L. Higgins, J. G. Lim, R. Tannous, S. Agne, B. Moffat, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Repeated radiation damage and thermal annealing of avalanche photodiodes,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 8, 13 (2021). 		PDF (1.3 MiB);
arXiv:2007.04902 [physics.ins-det]
54. 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,
Sci. Rep. 11, 5110 (2021). 		PDF (1.2 MiB);
arXiv:1909.07898 [quant-ph]
53. S. Sajeed, N. Sultana, C. C. W. Lim, and V. Makarov,
Bright-light detector control emulates the local bounds of Bell-type inequalities,
Sci. Rep. 10, 13205 (2020). 		PDF (1.1 MiB);
arXiv:1902.03197 [quant-ph]
52. J. C. Garcia-Escartin, S. Sajeed, and V. Makarov,
Attacking quantum key distribution by light injection via ventilation openings,
PLOS One 15, 0236630 (2020). 		PDF (2.3 MiB);
arXiv:1910.08152 [quant-ph]
51. G. Gras, N. Sultana, A. Huang, T. Jennewein, F. Bussières, V. Makarov, and H. Zbinden,
Optical control of single-photon negative-feedback avalanche diode detector,
J. Appl. Phys. 127, 094502 (2020). 		PDF (1.2 MiB);
arXiv:1911.12742 [quant-ph]
50. A. Huang, R. Li, V. Egorov, S. Tchouragoulov, K. Kumar, and V. Makarov,
Laser-damage attack against optical attenuators in quantum key distribution,
Phys. Rev. Appl. 13, 034017 (2020). 		PDF (1.5 MiB);
arXiv:1905.10795 [quant-ph]
49. A. Huang, Á. Navarrete, S.-H. Sun, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Curty, and V. Makarov,
Laser-seeding attack in quantum key distribution,
Phys. Rev. Appl. 12, 064043 (2019). 		PDF (858 KiB);
arXiv:1902.09792 [quant-ph]
48. V. Chistiakov, A. Huang, V. Egorov, and V. Makarov,
Controlling single-photon detector ID210 with bright light,
Opt. Express 27, 32253 (2019). 		PDF (333 KiB);
arXiv:1905.09380 [quant-ph]
47. M. Elezov, R. Ozhegov, G. Goltsman, and V. Makarov,
A countermeasure against bright-light attack on superconducting nanowire single-photon detector in quantum key distribution,
Opt. Express 27, 30979 (2019). 		PDF (802 KiB);
arXiv:1907.06418 [physics.ins-det]
46. P. Chaiwongkhot, K. B. Kuntz, Y. Zhang, A. Huang, J.-P. Bourgoin, S. Sajeed, N. Lütkenhaus, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
Eavesdropper’s ability to attack a free-space quantum-key-distribution receiver in atmospheric turbulence,
Phys. Rev. A 99, 062315 (2019). 		PDF (1.5 MiB);
arXiv:1902.01288 [quant-ph]
45. A. Fedorov, I. Gerhardt, A. Huang, J. Jogenfors, Y. Kurochkin, A. Lamas-Linares, J.-Å. Larsson, G. Leuchs, L. Lydersen, V. Makarov, and J. Skaar,
Comment on ‘Inherent security of phase coding quantum key distribution systems against detector blinding attacks’ (2018 Laser Phys. Lett. 15 095203),
Laser Phys. Lett. 16, 019401 (2019). 		PDF (149 KiB);
arXiv:1809.03911 [quant-ph]
44. A. Huang, S. Barz, E. Andersson, and V. Makarov,
Implementation vulnerabilities in general quantum cryptography,
New J. Phys. 20, 103016 (2018). 		PDF (977 KiB);
arXiv:1805.06668 [quant-ph]
43. P. V. P. Pinheiro, P. Chaiwongkhot, S. Sajeed, R. T. Horn, J.-P. Bourgoin, T. Jennewein, N. Lütkenhaus, and V. Makarov,
Eavesdropping and countermeasures for backflash side channel in quantum cryptography,
Opt. Express 26, 21020 (2018). 		PDF (2.4 MiB);
arXiv:1804.10317 [quant-ph]
42. A. Huang, S.-H. Sun, Z. Liu, and V. Makarov,
Quantum key distribution with distinguishable decoy states,
Phys. Rev. A 98, 012330 (2018). 		PDF (476 KiB);
arXiv:1711.00597 [quant-ph]
41. H. Qin, R. Kumar, V. Makarov, and R. Alléaume,
Homodyne-detector-blinding attack in continuous-variable quantum key distribution,
Phys. Rev. A 98, 012312 (2018). 		PDF (1.5 MiB);
arXiv:1805.01620 [quant-ph]
40. S. K. Joshi, J. Pienaar, T. C. Ralph, L. Cacciapuoti, W. McCutcheon, J. Rarity, D. Giggenbach, J. G. Lim, V. Makarov, I. Fuentes, T. Scheidl, E. Beckert, M. Bourennane, D. E. Bruschi, A. Cabello, J. Capmany, A. Carrasco-Casado, E. Diamanti, M. Dušek, D. Elser, A. Gulinatti, R. H. Hadfield, T. Jennewein, R. Kaltenbaek, M. A. Krainak, H.-K. Lo, Ch. Marquardt, G. Milburn, M. Peev, A. Poppe, V. Pruneri, R. Renner, C. Salomon, J. Skaar, N. Solomos, M. Stipčević, J. P. Torres, M. Toyoshima, P. Villoresi, I. Walmsley, G. Weihs, H. Weinfurter, A. Zeilinger, M. Żukowski, and R. Ursin,
Space QUEST mission proposal: experimentally testing decoherence due to gravity,
New J. Phys. 20, 063016 (2018). 		PDF (1.4 MiB);
arXiv:1703.08036 [quant-ph]
39. Ø. Marøy, V. Makarov, and J. Skaar,
Secure detection in quantum key distribution by real-time calibration of receiver,
Quantum Sci. Technol. 2, 044013 (2017). 		PDF (438 KiB);
arXiv:1611.07638 [quant-ph]
38. S. Sajeed, C. Minshull, N. Jain, and V. Makarov,
Invisible Trojan-horse attack,
Sci. Rep. 7, 8403 (2017). 		PDF (1.2 MiB);
arXiv:1704.07749 [quant-ph]
37. P. Chaiwongkhot, S. Sajeed, L. Lydersen, and V. Makarov,
Finite-key-size effect in commercial plug-and-play QKD system,
Quantum Sci. Technol. 2, 044003 (2017). 		PDF (433 KiB);
arXiv:1610.06876 [quant-ph]
36. J. G. Lim, E. Anisimova, B. L. Higgins, J.-P. Bourgoin, T. Jennewein, and V. Makarov,
Laser annealing heals radiation damage in avalanche photodiodes,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 4, 11 (2017). 		PDF (1.7 MiB);
arXiv:1701.08907 [quant-ph]
35. 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,
Quantum Sci. Technol. 2, 024009 (2017). 		PDF (1.5 MiB);
arXiv:1612.06396 [quant-ph]
34. E. Anisimova, B. L. Higgins, J.-P. Bourgoin, M. Cranmer, E. Choi, D. Hudson, L. P. Piche, A. Scott, V. Makarov, and T. Jennewein,
Mitigating radiation damage of single photon detectors for space applications,
EPJ Quantum Technol. 4, 10 (2017). 		PDF (6.3 MiB);
arXiv:1702.01186 [physics.ins-det]
33. S. Sajeed, A. Huang, S. Sun, F. Xu, V. Makarov, and M. Curty,
Insecurity of detector-device-independent quantum key distribution,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 250505 (2016). 		PDF (1.4 MiB);
arXiv:1607.05814 [quant-ph]
32. A. Huang, S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Soucarros, M. Legré, and V. Makarov,
Testing random-detector-efficiency countermeasure in a commercial system reveals a breakable unrealistic assumption,
IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 52, 8000211 (2016). 		PDF (2.8 MiB);
arXiv:1601.00993 [quant-ph]
31. V. Makarov, J.-P. Bourgoin, P. Chaiwongkhot, M. Gagné, T. Jennewein, S. Kaiser, R. Kashyap, M. Legré, C. Minshull, and S. Sajeed,
Creation of backdoors in quantum communications via laser damage,
Phys. Rev. A 94, 030302 (2016). 		PDF (955 KiB);
arXiv:1510.03148 [quant-ph]
30. F. Xu, K. Wei, S. Sajeed, S. Kaiser, S. Sun, Z. Tang, L. Qian, V. Makarov, and H.-K. Lo,
Experimental quantum key distribution with source flaws,
Phys. Rev. A 92, 032305 (2015). 		PDF (415 KiB);
arXiv:1408.3667 [quant-ph]
29. S. Sajeed, P. Chaiwongkhot, J.-P. Bourgoin, T. Jennewein, N. Lütkenhaus, and V. Makarov,
Security loophole in free-space quantum key distribution due to spatial-mode detector-efficiency mismatch,
Phys. Rev. A 91, 062301 (2015). 		PDF (1.1 MiB);
arXiv:1502.02785 [quant-ph]
28. S. Sajeed, I. Radchenko, S. Kaiser, J.-P. Bourgoin, A. Pappa, L. Monat, M. Legré, and V. Makarov,
Attacks exploiting deviation of mean photon number in quantum key distribution and coin tossing,
Phys. Rev. A 91, 032326 (2015). 		PDF (1.8 MiB);
arXiv:1412.8032 [quant-ph]
27. N. Jain, B. Stiller, I. Khan, V. Makarov, Ch. Marquardt, and G. Leuchs,
Risk analysis of Trojan-horse attacks on practical quantum key distribution systems,
IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 21, 6600710 (2015). 		PDF (4.8 MiB);
arXiv:1408.0492 [quant-ph]
26. N. Jain, E. Anisimova, I. Khan, V. Makarov, Ch. Marquardt, and G. Leuchs,
Trojan-horse attacks threaten the security of practical quantum cryptography,
New J. Phys. 16, 123030 (2014). 		PDF (1.7 MiB);
arXiv:1406.5813 [quant-ph]
25. M. G. Tanner, V. Makarov, and R. H. Hadfield,
Optimised quantum hacking of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors,
Opt. Express 22, 6734 (2014). 		PDF (1.3 MiB);
arXiv:1305.5989 [quant-ph]
24. A. N. Bugge, S. Sauge, A. M. M. Ghazali, J. Skaar, L. Lydersen, and V. Makarov,
Laser damage helps the eavesdropper in quantum cryptography,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 070503 (2014). 		PDF (704 KiB);
arXiv:1310.8384 [quant-ph]
23. Q. Liu, A. Lamas-Linares, C. Kurtsiefer, J. Skaar, V. Makarov, and I. Gerhardt,
A universal setup for active control of a single-photon detector,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 013108 (2014). 		PDF (898 KiB);
arXiv:1307.5951 [quant-ph]
22. X.-S. Ma, T. Herbst, T. Scheidl, D. Wang, S. Kropatschek, W. Naylor, B. Wittmann, A. Mech, J. Kofler, E. Anisimova, V. Makarov, T. Jennewein, R. Ursin, and A. Zeilinger,
Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward,
Nature 489, 269 (2012). 		Link to journal version;
arXiv:1205.3909 [quant-ph]
21. A. M. M. Ghazali, A. N. Bugge, S. Sauge, and V. Makarov,
Automated characterization of single-photon avalanche photodiode,
IIUM Eng. J. 12, no. 5, 97 (2011). 		PDF (134 KiB);
arXiv:1202.1591 [physics.ins-det]
20. L. Lydersen, M. K. Akhlaghi, A. H. Majedi, J. Skaar, and V. Makarov,
Controlling a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector using tailored bright illumination,
New J. Phys. 13, 113042 (2011). 		PDF (1.0 MiB);
arXiv:1106.2396 [quant-ph]
19. L. Lydersen, V. Makarov, and J. Skaar,
Comment on “Resilience of gated avalanche photodiodes against bright illumination attacks in quantum cryptography” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 231104 (2011)],
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 196101 (2011);
Yuan et al. reply: ibid. 196102 (2011). 		PDF (43 KiB);
arXiv:1106.3756 [quant-ph].
Reply: PDF (159 KiB);
arXiv:1109.3149 [quant-ph]
18. S. Sauge, L. Lydersen, A. Anisimov, J. Skaar, and V. Makarov,
Controlling an actively-quenched single photon detector with bright light,
Opt. Express 19, 23590 (2011). 		PDF (846 KiB);
arXiv:0809.3408 [quant-ph]
17. I. Gerhardt, Q. Liu, A. Lamas-Linares, J. Skaar, V. Scarani, V. Makarov, and C. Kurtsiefer,
Experimentally faking the violation of Bell’s inequalities,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 170404 (2011). 		PDF (261 KiB);
arXiv:1106.3224 [quant-ph]
16. Y.-S. Kim, Y.-C. Jeong, S. Sauge, V. Makarov, and Y.-H. Kim,
Ultra-low noise single-photon detector based on Si avalanche photodiode,
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093110 (2011). 		PDF (381 KiB);
arXiv:1105.0869 [physics.ins-det]
15. L. Lydersen, N. Jain, C. Wittmann, Ø. Marøy, J. Skaar, Ch. Marquardt, V. Makarov, and G. Leuchs,
Superlinear threshold detectors in quantum cryptography,
Phys. Rev. A 84, 032320 (2011). 		PDF (311 KiB);
arXiv:1106.2119 [quant-ph]
14. N. Jain, C. Wittmann, L. Lydersen, C. Wiechers, D. Elser, Ch. Marquardt, V. Makarov, and G. Leuchs,
Device calibration impacts security of quantum key distribution,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 110501 (2011). 		PDF (285 KiB);
arXiv:1103.2327 [quant-ph]
13. I. Gerhardt, Q. Liu, A. Lamas-Linares, J. Skaar, C. Kurtsiefer, and V. Makarov,
Full-field implementation of a perfect eavesdropper on a quantum cryptography system,
Nat. Commun. 2, 349 (2011). 		Link to journal version;
arXiv:1011.0105 [quant-ph]
12. L. Lydersen, J. Skaar, and V. Makarov,
Tailored bright illumination attack on distributed-phase-reference protocols,
J. Mod. Opt. 58, 680 (2011). 		Link to journal version;
arXiv:1012.4366 [quant-ph]
11. L. Lydersen, V. Makarov, and J. Skaar,
Secure gated detection scheme for quantum cryptography,
Phys. Rev. A 83, 032306 (2011). 		PDF (225 KiB);
arXiv:1101.5698 [quant-ph]
10. C. Wiechers, L. Lydersen, C. Wittmann, D. Elser, J. Skaar, Ch. Marquardt, V. Makarov, and G. Leuchs,
After-gate attack on a quantum cryptosystem,
New J. Phys. 13, 013043 (2011). 		PDF (1.0 MiB);
arXiv:1009.2683 [quant-ph]
9. L. Lydersen, C. Wiechers, C. Wittmann, D. Elser, J. Skaar, and V. Makarov,
Thermal blinding of gated detectors in quantum cryptography,
Opt. Express 18, 27938 (2010). 		PDF (1.3 MiB);
arXiv:1009.2663 [quant-ph]
8. L. Lydersen, C. Wiechers, C. Wittmann, D. Elser, J. Skaar, and V. Makarov,
Hacking commercial quantum cryptography systems by tailored bright illumination,
Nat. Photonics 4, 686 (2010);
comment: ibid. 4, 800, reply: 801 (2010). 		Link to journal version;
arXiv:1008.4593 [quant-ph].
Link to comment;
arXiv:1009.6130 [quant-ph].
Link to reply;
arXiv:1012.0476 [quant-ph]
7. V. Makarov,
Controlling passively quenched single photon detectors by bright light,
New J. Phys. 11, 065003 (2009). 		PDF (1.0 MiB);
arXiv:0707.3987 [quant-ph]
6. V. Makarov and J. Skaar,
Faked states attack using detector efficiency mismatch on SARG04, phase-time, DPSK, and Ekert protocols,
Quant. Inf. Comp. 8, 0622 (2008). 		PDF (390 KiB);
arXiv:quant-ph/0702262
5. V. Makarov, A. Anisimov, and J. Skaar,
Effects of detector efficiency mismatch on security of quantum cryptosystems,
Phys. Rev. A 74, 022313 (2006);
erratum: ibid. 78, 019905 (2008). 		PDF (372 KiB) – includes erratum;
arXiv:quant-ph/0511032
4. V. Makarov and D. R. Hjelme,
Faked states attack on quantum cryptosystems,
J. Mod. Opt. 52, 691–705 (2005). 		PDF (338 KiB)
3. V. Makarov, A. Brylevski, and D. R. Hjelme,
Real-time phase tracking in single-photon interferometers,
Appl. Opt. 43, 4385–4392 (2004). 		PDF (374 KiB)
2. A. Vakhitov, V. Makarov, and D. R. Hjelme,
Large pulse attack as a method of conventional optical eavesdropping in quantum cryptography,
J. Mod. Opt. 48, 2023–2038 (2001). 		PDF (356 KiB)
1. V. Filippov, A. Starodumov, Yu. Barmenkov, and V. Makarov,
Fiber-optic voltage sensor based on a Bi12TiO20 crystal,
Appl. Opt. 39, 1389–1393 (2000). 		PDF (90 KiB)
0. My first journal article explained advantages of a strange contraption I hacked together for my home computer :-)
V. Makarov, “Equipping personal computers BK-0011, BK-0011M with hard disk drive,” Personal computer BK-0010 – BK-0011M, issue 1 (Informatics and Education, Moscow, 1993), pp. 79–86.
/В. Макаров, «Подключение к ПЭВМ БК-0011, БК-0011М накопителя на жестких магнитных дисках (винчестера),» Персональный компьютер БК-0010 – БК-0011М, вып. 1’93 (М., Информатика и образование, 1993), сс. 79–86./ 		HTML
 
Conference abstracts
64. 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)
63. 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)
62. 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)
61. 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)
60. 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)
59. 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)
58. 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)
57. 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)
56. 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)
55. 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)
54. 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)
53. 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)
52. 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)
51. 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)
50. 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)
49. 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)
48. 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)
47. 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)
46. 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)
45. 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)
44. 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)
43. 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)
42. 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)
41. 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)
40. 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)
39. 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)
38. 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)
37. 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)
36. 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)
35. 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)
34. 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)
33. 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)
32. 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)
31. 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)
30. 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)
29. 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)
28. 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)
27. 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)
26. 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)
25. 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)
24. 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]
23. 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)
22. 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)
21. 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)
20. 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)
19. 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)
18. 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)
17. 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)
16. 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)
15. 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)
14. 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)
13. 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)
12. 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)
11. 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)
10. 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)
9. V. Makarov,
Cracking quantum cryptography (invited talk),
presented at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2011, Munich, Germany, May 22–26, 2011. 		PDF (491 KiB)
8. 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 (34 KiB)
7. 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),
in Technical digest of CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2009, Munich, Germany, June 14–19, 2009. 		PDF (214 KiB)
6. Y.-S. Kim, V. Makarov, Y.-C. Jeong, and Y.-H. Kim,
Silicon single-photon detector with 5 Hz dark counts (poster),
in Technical digest of CLEO/IQEC 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 31 – June 5, 2009 (Opt. Soc. Am., 2009). 		PDF (47 KiB)
5. 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)
4. 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 (329 KiB)
3. V. Filippov, V. Makarov, A. Starodumov, Yu. Barmenkov, and L. E. Regalado,
Inherently temperature-stable Bi12TiO20-based fiber voltage sensor,
in Fiber Optic Sensor Technology and Applications, M. A. Marcus and B. Culshaw, eds., Proc. SPIE 3860, 524–530 (1999). 		PDF (2.5 MiB)
2. V. Filippov, V. Makarov, A. Starodumov, Yu. Barmenkov, and L. E. Regalado,
Bi12TiO20-based fiber-optical voltage sensor,
in CLEO/Pacific Rim ’99. The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (IEEE, 1999), pp. 137–138. 		PDF (1.1 MiB)
1. V. Filippov, V. Makarov, A. Starodumov, and Yu. Barmenkov,
Remote Bi12TiO20-based fiber optic voltage sensor,
in Advances in Photorefractive Materials, Effects, and Devices, P. Andersen et al., eds., in Vol. 27 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (OSA, 1999), pp. 613–616. 		PDF (1.2 MiB)
 
Book contributions and reports
2. M. Lucamarini, A. Shields, R. Alléaume, C. Chunnilall, I. P. Degiovanni, M. Gramegna, A. Hasekioglu, B. Huttner, R. Kumar, A. Lord, N. Lütkenhaus, V. Makarov, V. Martin, A. Mink, M. Peev, M. Sasaki, A. Sinclair, T. Spiller, M. Ward, C. White, and Z. Yuan,
Implementation security of quantum cryptography,
ETSI white paper no. 27 (ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, 2018). 		PDF (1.2 MiB)
1. D. R. Hjelme, L. Lydersen, and V. Makarov,
Quantum cryptography (chapter),
in A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Information Security, edited by S. F. Mjølsnes (CRC Press, 2011). 		arXiv:1108.1718 [quant-ph];
Russian translation of arXiv:1108.1718v1
 
Theses
2. V. Makarov,
Quantum cryptography and quantum cryptanalysis,
doktor ingeniør thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2007). 		PDF (39.1 MiB) – with full-resolution photos;
PDF (13.0 MiB) – photos downsampled to 300 dpi;
Word (32.7 MiB) – source file, not including two reprinted papers.
Slide presentation from the defence: PowerPoint (3.9 MiB) | PDF (4.1 MiB).
The defence took place at NTNU on April 30, 2007.
Pictures from the defence.
Doktor ingeniør is an old Norwegian degree roughly equal to PhD.
1. V. Makarov,
Study of characteristics of modified interrogation system for fiber Bragg grating sensors,
Master thesis (St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, 1998; in Russian).
The PDF available here is a report in English containing all the results from the thesis. 		PDF (514 KiB)
Vadim Makarov
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