The specifications of the primitives offered in our framework are described in the following sections.
| # | Type | Name | Year | Author(s) | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PM (Prepare-and-Measure) |
BB84 | 1984 | C. Bennet and G. Brassard | [BB84] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 2 | B92 | 1992 | C. Bennet | [B92] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) | |
| 3 | MSZ96 | 1996 | Y. Mu, J. Seberry and Y. Zheng | [MSZ96] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 4 | SSP (Six-State Protocol) |
1998 | H. Bechmann-Pasquinucci and N. Gisin | [PG98] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) | |
| 5 | Decoy State | 2002 | W. Hwang | [H02] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 6 | Singapore | 2004 | B. Englert, D. Kaszlikowski, H. Ng, W. Chua, J. Řeháček and J. Anders | [EKNCRA04] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 7 | R04 | 2004 | J. Renes | [R04] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 8 | SARG04 (w/ 4 states) |
2004 | V. Scarani, A. Acín, G. Ribordy and N. Gisin | [SARG04] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 9 | SARG04 (w/ 6 states) |
2004 | K. Tamaki and H. Lo | [TL04] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 10 | KMB09 | 2009 | M. Khan, M. Murphy and A. Beige | [KMB09] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 11 | S09 | 2009 | E. Serna | [S09] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 12 | T12 | 2012 | M. Lucamarini, K. Patel, J. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, A. Sharpe, A. Dixon, Z. Yuan, R. Penty and A. Shields (Toshiba) | [T12] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 13 | S13 | 2013 | E. Serna | [S13] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 14 | EB (Entanglement-Based) |
E91 | 1991 | A. Ekert | [E91] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 15 | BBM92 | 1992 | C. Bennet, G. Brassard and N. Mermin | [BBM92] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
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| # | Name | Year | Author(s) | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DPS (Differential Phase Shift) |
2003 | K. Inoue, E. Waks, Y. Yamamoto | [IWY03] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 2 | COW (Coherent One-Way) |
2005 | D. Stucki, N. Brunner, N. Gisin, V. Scarani and H. Zbinden | [SBGSZ05] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 3 | DPTS (Differential Phase Time Shifting) |
2016 | D. Bacco, J. Christensen, M. Castaneda, Y. Ding, S. Forchhammer, K. Rottwitt and L. Oxenløwe | [BCCDFRO16] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
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Semi-Quantum Key Distributions (SQKDs)
[Key Exchanges for Bipartite Semi-Quantum Scenarios, with N=2 Parties]
Available soon.
Quantum Conference Key Agreements (QCKAs)
[Key Exchanges for Multipartite Quantum Scenarios, with N>=2 Parties]
Available soon.
Semi-Quantum Conference Key Agreements (SQCKAs)
[Key Exchanges for Multipartite Semi-Quantum Scenarios, with N>=2 Parties]
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| # | Name | Year | Author(s) | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantum Money | 1983 | C. Bennett, G. Brassard, S. Breidbart and S. Wiesner | [W83], [BBBW83] |
❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 2 | Quantum Coin (w/ Classical Verification) |
2011 | D. Gavinsky | [G11] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 3 | Quantum Cheque | 2016 | S. Moulick and P. Panigrahi | [MP16] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 4 | Quantum Token | 2017 | M. Bozzio, A. Orieux, L. Vidarte, I. Zaquine, I. Kerenidis and E. Diamanti | [BOZKD17] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 5 | Quantum Lighting | 2019 | M. Zhandry | [Z19] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| # | Purpose | No. Parties | Name | Year | Authors | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Symmetric Encryption (Private Quantum Channels) |
N=2 (Bipartite) |
QOTP (Quantum One-Time Pad) |
2000 | M. Mosca, A. Tapp and R. Wolf | [MTW00] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 2 | Quantum Data Authentication | N=2 (Bipartite) |
Quantum Data Signature | 2001 | D. Gottesman and I. Chuang | [GC01] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 3 | N=2 (Bipartite) |
Quantum Message Authentication | 2002 | H. Barnum, C. Crepeau, D. Gottesman, A. Smith and A. Tapp | [BCGST02] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 4 | Quantum Data Integrity | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
SWAP Test (Quantum Fingerprinting) |
2001 | H. Buhrman, R. Cleve, J. Watrous and R. Wolf | [BCWW01] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 5 | N=2 (Bipartite) |
Quantum Hashing Function | 2013 | F. Ablayev and A. Vasiliev | [AV13] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) | |
| 6 | N=2 (Bipartite) |
Bell State Measurement (BSM) |
1996 | M. Michler, K. Mattle, H. Weinfurter and A. Zeilinger | [MMWZ96] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) | |
| 7 | N>=3 (Multipartite) |
GHZ State Measurement (GHZSM) |
- | - | - | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) | |
| 8 | N>=3 (Multipartite) |
W State Measurement (WSM) |
- | - | - | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
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| # | Name | No. Parties | Year | Authors | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EPR (Einstein-Podolski-Rosen) Pair |
N=2 (Bipartite) |
1935 | A. Einstein, B. Podolski and N. Rosen | [EPR35] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 2 | Dicke State | N>=2 (Bipartite) |
1954 | R. Dicke | [D54] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 3 | Bell States | N=2 (Bipartite) |
1964 | J. Bell | [B64] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 4 | GHZ (Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger) State |
N>=3 (Multipartite) |
1989 | D. Greenberger, M. Horne and A. Zeilinger | [GHZ89] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 5 | Werner State | N>=3 (Multipartite) |
1989 | R. Werner | [W89] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 6 | W State | N>=3 (Multipartite) |
2000 | W. Dür, G. Vidal and J. Cirac | [DVC00] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 7 | Cluster State | N>=3 (Multipartite) |
2000 | H. Briegel and R. Raussendorf | [BR00] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 8 | Graph State | N>=3 (Multipartite) |
2003 | M. Hein, J. Eisert and H. Briegel | [HEB03] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| # | Name | Year | Authors | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schrödinger's Cat | 1935 | E. Schrödinger | [S35] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 2 | Quantum Coin Tossing | - | - | [QCT] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 3 | Quantum Hadamard Transform | - | - | [QHT] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 4 | Quantum Dice | - | - | [QD] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 5 | Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) |
- | - | [QRNG] | ❌ (N/A) | ⌛ (v0.0.1) |
| 6 | Quantum Random Walks (QRW) |
1993 | Y. Aharonov, L. Davidovich and N. Zagury | [ADZ93] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| # | Name | No. Parties | Year | Authors | Ref. | Tutorial(s) | Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantum Entropy (von Neumann Entropy) |
N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1932 | J. Neumann | [N32] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 2 | Quantum Conditional Entropy | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1995 | N. Cerf and C. Adami | [CA95] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 3 | Quantum Relative Entropy | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
2000 | B. Schumacher and M. Westmoreland | [SW00] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 4 | Quantum Joint Entropy | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
2001 | L. Henderson and V. Vedral | [HV01] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 5 | Quantum Shannon Distinguishability | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1948 | C. Shannon | [S48] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 6 | Quantum Fidelity | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1994 | R. Josza | [J99] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 7 | Bhattacharyya Coefficient | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1996 | C. Fuchs and C. Caves | [FC96] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 8 | Trace Distance (Kolmogorov Distance) |
N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1997 | C. Fuchs and J. Graaf | [FG97] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 9 | Monogamy of Quantum Entanglement | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
1999 | V. Coffman, J. Kundu and W. Wootters | [CKW99] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
| 10 | Quantum Discord | N>=2 (Multipartite) |
2001 | H. Ollivier and W. Zurek | [OZ01] | ❌ (N/A) | ❌ (N/A) |
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Other some references for some of the developed protocols can be found here: