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Switzerland
2022

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Physics

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94
Citations
43793
World Ranking
1961
National Ranking
46

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  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Hugo Zbinden is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy. Within these broader disciplines, Zbinden focuses extensively on subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation, and Biophysics.

The main topics of Zbinden's research include Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

Zbinden has a substantial publication record with papers featured in frequent venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical review. A/Physical review, A, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Applied, and npj Quantum Information.

Recent publications by Zbinden include:

  • Fast single-photon detectors and real-time key distillation enable high secret-key-rate quantum key distribution systems, 2023, Nature Photonics
  • Energy-time-entangled two-photon molecular absorption, 2021, Physical review. A/Physical review, A
  • High-speed integrated QKD system, 2023, Photonics Research
  • Spatial Properties of Entangled Two-Photon Absorption, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • Gigahertz Detection Rates and Dynamic Photon-Number Resolution with Superconducting Nanowire Arrays, 2023, Nano Letters

Zbinden frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Rob Thew, Félix Bussières, Lorenzo Stasi, Matthieu Perrenoud, and Davide Rusca.

Best Publications

  • Quantum Cryptography

    Nicolas Gisin;Grégoire Ribordy;Wolfgang Tittel;Hugo Zbinden

  • Violation of Bell Inequalities by Photons More Than 10 km Apart

    Wolfgang Tittel;Jurgen Brendel;Hugo Zbinden;Nicolas Gisin

  • The SECOQC quantum key distribution network in Vienna

    M. Peev;C. Pacher;R. Alléaume;Claudio Barreiro

  • Pulsed Energy-Time Entangled Twin-Photon Source for Quantum Communication

    J. Brendel;N. Gisin;W. Tittel;H. Zbinden

  • Quantum key distribution over 67 km with a plug&play system

    Damien Stucki;Nicolas Gisin;Olivier Guinnard;Grégoire Ribordy

  • Quantum cryptography using entangled photons in energy-time bell states

    Wolfgang Tittel;Jurgen Brendel;Hugo Zbinden;Nicolas Gisin

  • Secure Quantum Key Distribution over 421 km of Optical Fiber.

    Alberto Boaron;Gianluca Boso;Davide Rusca;Cédric Vulliez

  • Quantum repeaters with photon pair sources and multimode memories.

    Christoph Simon;Hugues de Riedmatten;Mikael Afzelius;Nicolas Sangouard

  • Long-distance teleportation of qubits at telecommunication wavelengths

    I. Marcikic;H. de Riedmatten;W. Tittel;W. Tittel;H. Zbinden

  • Trojan-horse attacks on quantum-key-distribution systems

    Nicolas Gisin;Sylvain Fasel;Barbara Kraus;Hugo Zbinden

  • Provably secure and practical quantum key distribution over 307 km of optical fibre

    Boris Korzh;Charles Ci Wen Lim;Raphael Houlmann;Nicolas Gisin

  • “Plug and play” systems for quantum cryptography

    A. Muller;T. Herzog;B. Huttner;W. Tittel

  • A photonic quantum information interface

    Sébastien Tanzilli;Wolfgang Tittel;Matthaeus Halder;Olivier Alibart

  • Highly efficient photon-pair source using periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide

    S. Tanzilli;H. De Riedmatten;W. Tittel;H. Zbinden

  • Experimental demonstration of quantum secret sharing

    Wolfgang Tittel;Hugo Zbinden;Nicolas Gisin

  • Optical Quantum Random Number Generator

    André Stefanov;Nicolas Gisin;Olivier Guinnard;Laurent Guinnard

  • Distribution of time-bin entangled qubits over 50 km of optical fiber

    I. Marcikic;H. de Riedmatten;W. Tittel;H. Zbinden

  • Testing the speed of ‘spooky action at a distance’

    Daniel Salart;Augustin Baas;Cyril Branciard;Nicolas Gisin

  • Experimental demonstration of quantum correlations over more than 10 km

    W. Tittel;J. Brendel;B. Gisin;T. Herzog

  • Long-term performance of the SwissQuantum quantum key distribution network in a field environment

    Damien Stucki;Matthieu Legre;F. Buntschu;Bernard Frédéric Clausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Gisin
Nicolas Gisin University of Geneva
Nicolas Brunner
Nicolas Brunner University of Geneva
Valerio Scarani
Valerio Scarani National University of Singapore
Christian Schönenberger
Christian Schönenberger University of Basel
Daniel A. Nolan
Daniel A. Nolan Corning (United States)
Andreas Burg
Andreas Burg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ming-Jun Li
Ming-Jun Li Corning (United States)
Francesco Marsili
Francesco Marsili Facebook (United States)
Aristide Lemaître
Aristide Lemaître University of Paris-Saclay
Carsten Langrock
Carsten Langrock Keysight Technologies (United States)

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