French National Quantum Update: June 2026

Executive Summary France’s quantum sector moved further into a deployment-focused phase in June 2026, with policy, infrastructure and commercial activ...

The Quantum Insider

Authentication in Quantum Networks

In this review, we survey the cryptographic task of authentication from the perspective of quantum communication. We review three main flavours of aut...

arXiv Quantum Physics

Self-Sifting quantum key distribution

In this paper, we introduce a novel two-way quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol in which the sender (Alice) and receiver (Bob) employ one qubit of...

arXiv Quantum Physics