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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2007 - Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London for his pioneering work on quantum cryptography and his many important contributions to the theory of quantum computation and other branches of quantum physics

Overview

Artur Ekert is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus also on Computer Science. Subfields of study include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Statistical and Nonlinear Physics; Artificial Intelligence; Astronomy and Astrophysics; and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Research topics central to Ekert's work encompass Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, and Statistical Mechanics and Entropy.

Ekert has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers, among which the following stand out as notable publications:

  • Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1,120 kilometres, 2020, Nature
  • Security Analysis of Quantum Key Distribution with Small Block Length and Its Application to Quantum Space Communications, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Relativity of superluminal observers in 1 + 3 spacetime, 2022, Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Covariant quantum field theory of tachyons, 2024, Physical Review D
  • Reply to Comment on 'Quantum principle of relativity', 2023, New Journal of Physics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ekert include Andrzej Dragan, Howard Burton, Kacper Dębski, Szymon Charzyński, and Krzysztof Turzyński.

The most common venues where Ekert's work has been published are arXiv (Cornell University), New Journal of Physics, Nature, Physical Review Letters, and Classical and Quantum Gravity.

In addition to academic articles, Ekert has authored a book titled Cryptoreality, published in 2021 by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks.

Awards associated with Artur Ekert include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2016
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2016
  • Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London, 2007, for pioneering work on quantum cryptography and contributions to quantum computation theory and quantum physics

Best Publications

  • Quantum cryptography based on Bell's theorem.

    Artur K. Ekert

  • ‘‘Event-ready-detectors’’ Bell experiment via entanglement swapping

    M Zukowski;A Zeilinger;MA Horne;AK Ekert

  • The Physics of Quantum Information

    Dirk Bouwmeester;Artur Ekert;Anton Zeilinger

  • Quantum Computation and Shor's Factoring Algorithm

    Artur Ekert;Richard Jozsa

  • Quantum Privacy Amplification and the Security of Quantum Cryptography over Noisy Channels

    David Deutsch;Artur Ekert;Richard Jozsa;Chiara Macchiavello

  • QUANTUM ALGORITHMS REVISITED

    Richard Cleve;Artur Ekert;Chiara Macchiavello;Michele Mosca

  • Conditional Quantum Dynamics and Logic Gates

    Adriano Barenco;David Deutsch;Artur Ekert;Richard Jozsa

  • Perfect State Transfer in Quantum Spin Networks

    Matthias Christandl;Nilanjana Datta;Artur Ekert;Artur Ekert;Andrew J. Landahl;Andrew J. Landahl

  • Improvement of frequency standards with quantum entanglement

    S. F. Huelga;C. Macchiavello;T. Pellizzari;A. K. Ekert

  • Quantum Computers and Dissipation

    G. Massimo Palma;Kalle-Antti Suominen;Artur K. Ekert

  • Geometric quantum computation using nuclear magnetic resonance

    Jonathan A. Jones;Vlatko Vedral;Artur Ekert;Giuseppe Castagnoli

  • Quantum networks for elementary arithmetic operations.

    Vlatko Vedral;Adriano Barenco;Artur Ekert

  • Distributed quantum computation over noisy channels

    J. I. Cirac;A. K. Ekert;S. F. Huelga;C. Macchiavello

  • Optimal universal and state-dependent quantum cloning

    Dagmar Bruß;David P. DiVincenzo;Artur Ekert;Christopher A. Fuchs

  • Geometric quantum computation with NMR

    Jonathan A. Jones;Vlatko Vedral;Artur Ekert;Giuseppe Castagnoli

  • Universality in Quantum Computation

    David Elieser Deutsch;Adriano Barenco;Artur Ekert

  • Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1,120 kilometres

    Juan Yin;Yu-Huai Li;Sheng-Kai Liao;Meng Yang

  • Perfect Transfer of Arbitrary States in Quantum Spin Networks

    Matthias Christandl;Nilanjana Datta;Tony C. Dorlas;Artur Ekert;Artur Ekert

  • Entangled quantum systems and the Schmidt decomposition

    Artur Ekert;Peter L. Knight

  • Practical quantum cryptography based on two-photon interferometry.

    Artur K. Ekert;John G. Rarity;Paul R. Tapster;G. M. Palma

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiara Macchiavello
Chiara Macchiavello University of Pavia
Matthias Christandl
Matthias Christandl University of Copenhagen
Vlatko Vedral
Vlatko Vedral University of Oxford
Michele Mosca
Michele Mosca University of Waterloo
Jiangfeng Du
Jiangfeng Du University of Science and Technology of China
Renato Renner
Renato Renner ETH Zurich
Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger University of Vienna
Peter L. Knight
Peter L. Knight Imperial College London
Nilanjana Datta
Nilanjana Datta University of Cambridge
J. I. Cirac
J. I. Cirac Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

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