ICST Transactions on Quantum Communication
Scope:
The main purpose of this ICST publication is to reach across disciplinary borders by providing a common stage for experts in quantum information processing, quantum communication, quantum electrodynamics, communication systems and networking, quantum physics of nanoscale devices, and quantum transport in nanostructures. The journal welcomes submissions dealing with different aspects of transporting quantum states encoded in different physical systems through a network of nodes that could range from the global-scale quantum-optical satellite communication to the quantum electron transport in nanoscale arrays of semiconductor structures.
In the framework of quantum information processing, quantum communication deals with encoding and securely distributing quantum states of light in optical fibers or in free space, providing grounds for quantum cryptography applications. Advancements in this area over the last decade have made metropolitan quantum networks a reality, and practical secure satellite communication is clearly within reach. This journal welcomes contributions reporting on all aspects of traditional quantum communication, including theoretical algorithms and security proofs, experimental advances in designing novel sources, detectors, and practical quantum networking systems.
With the rapid advancement of modern nanoscale technology, it became clear that nanoscale physical devices communicate naturally with each other, either electromagnetically through collective quantum excitations such as plasmons or by virtue of quantum electron transport. Traditionally, the basic laws of quantum physics and quantum electromagnetics govern this type of communication at the nanoscale. At the same time, such nanoscale systems would appear to form structured or unstructured networks to a macroscopic observer. Totally new venues for developing future paradigms in quantum communication could be opened by this cross-disciplinary synergy between the quantum physics of nanodevices and the principles of communication networking.
This journal is devoted to discussion of new challenges in quantum communication that extend from the nanoscale to a global satellite communication networking. It will place particular emphasis on basic quantum science effects and on emerging technological solutions that may lead to practical applications in communication industry.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Free-space quantum communication on Earth and in Space
- Long-distance and metropolitan quantum communication in telecommunication fiber network
- Novel devices for quantum communication
- Quantum entanglement as a resource for quantum communication
- Quantum electron transport in nanoscale semiconductor structures
- Quantum communication and superconducting nanoscale devices
- Quantum electromagnetics of distributed plasmonic nanostructures
- Hybrid quantum communication systems: connecting photons - atoms - solid state devices
- Nanomechanical quantum systems and their interaction with nonclassical light
- Practical and industrial applications of quantum communication and networking
EIC’s keywords:
Quantum communication algorithm, quantum information processing, quantum communication device, quantum topology and networking, secure communication, nanoscale quantum electron transport, superconducting quantum structure, network of quantum nanostructures, plasmonic nanostructures, network of atoms and photons, quantum interaction between spins and photons.