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Global quantum communications enable networked quantum information processing. Satellite QKD (SatQKD) overcome current optical fibre range limitations, but limited transmission times between satellites and ground stations constrains the amount of secret key due to finite-block size effects. We analyse these effects and their implications for system design and operation, for a trusted-node downlink employing an optimised BB84 with weak coherent pulse decoy states.

Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop

Finite Key Effects in Satellite-based Quantum Key Distribution

The Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing, in partnership with the Chinese Physical Society (CPS) and the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) are proud to have brought together the international quantum science community online for this inaugural conference.


Early career and leading researchers from universities, industry and government worldwide came together to share, learn and collaborate on the latest research and emerging areas of high interest across quantum science and technology. The broad themes covered by Quantum 2020 included:

Quantum communication;
Quantum computing and quantum simulation;
Quantum sensing, metrology and imaging;
Quantum information theory, software and algorithms;
Quantum foundations;
Quantum technology in industry.
The four-day event featured talks from world-renowned scientists, interactive poster sessions and two exciting panel discussions on the themes of Quantum Technology in Industry and Quantum Technology Programmes Around the World.


You will need to [register](https://www.iopconferences.org/iop/frontend/reg/tRegisterEmailNew.csp?pageID=978403&eventID=1552&tempPersonID=536224) to obtain a ticket. . If you have already registered you should have been sent an email from Underline (to the email address that you registered with) with the subject line ‘Welcome to Quantum 2020’. This email includes your ticket for the event. 

If you have a ticket and are experiencing problems in accessing the event, please contact us. 

Quantum 2020

The Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing, in partnership with the Chinese Physical Society (CPS) and the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) are proud to have brought together the international quantum science community online for this inaugural conference.

Early career and leading researchers from universities, industry and government worldwide came together to share, learn and collaborate on the latest research and emerging areas of high interest across quantum science and technology. 

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**BQIT is a three day annual workshop** aimed at enabling leading UK and international academics and industrial partners to come together; to explore and discuss future ambitions and challenges in the field of **Quantum Information Technologies.** Since our conception in 2014 we have had 230 speakers and panellists who have presented their work and opinions on a range of topics, from quantum theory to innovation in industry.


### Welcome Message
The BQIT:21 team welcomes you to the eighth Bristol Quantum Information Technologies workshop! 

Last year was the first time in our workshop's history that we had gone fully virtual. The global circumstances that continue to impact us all professionally and personally have forced BQIT once again to be delivered as an all-virtual workshop for 2021. The access this creates to colleagues across the world who would otherwise be unable to join us, as well as being able to make the workshop free for all attendees due to the lower costs involved in delivering an online workshop, are just a couple of the extraordinary benefits of meeting online. This also means that we can welcome three times as many attendees to BQIT than previous years.   

We take this opportunity to thank each of our speakers and poster presenters for contributing their technical content, this year's sponsors, whose support this year enabled BQIT:21 to be free to all attendees, and to all of our attendees for joining us online this year. We recognise the extra energy required to stay connected and motivated during these difficult times, and are hugely encouraged to see so many of you willing to continue to connect with us on an online platform. 

It is our hope that you have a productive and enjoyable time while you engage and interact with BQIT:21, and to everyone that has helped take BQIT:21 online, thank you! 

**The BQIT board and organisation team **


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### This year's workshop agenda is available here: [Virtual BQIT:21](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QwsSM0ztnxC_lgUKf3TbO3GvnI44AQkY/view?usp=sharing)
For further information, please contact us at: **bqit-admin@bristol.ac.uk**

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Introduction to the Angstrom Engineering Quantum Series Platform

Quantum Series Platform - Angstrom Engineering

Sponsor demo - IDQuantique

I present an overview of the LIGENTEC platform that provides new paths for quantum applications

LIGENTEC - Photonic Integrated Ciruits for quantum applications

Sponsor demo - University of Bristol

In this talk, I will present the main product of QuiX: a quantum photonic processor, i.e. a large-scale tunable multimode optical interferometer, for use in photonic quantum information processing applications. QuiX has recently demonstrated the world's largest photonic processor, and I will present results on the characterization, calibration and operation of this device.

QuiX Quantum Photonic Processors

EPJ Quantum Technology is part of the well known European Physical Journal (EPJ) series, indexed in all major citation databases, which covers the entire spectrum of pure and applied physics. We will give a brief introduction to the journal’s aims and scope, editorial structure, articles types and the current special issues, followed by an overview of recently published highlights.

An introduction to EPJ Quantum Technology journal.

Zurich Instruments continues to develop instrumentation for quantum technologies with growing demand for high measurement fidelity, control speed, and reliability as well as scalability. In this presentation, I will introduce the latest arbitrary waveform generation (AWG) product SHFSG and quantum analyzer SHFQA that can be seamlessly integrated into a system solution QCCS (Quantum Computing Control System) capable of working with both large and small quantum systems.

Next generation instruments for quantum control and readout from Zurich Instruments

In this talk I will briefly review and discuss a recent no-go theorem on an extended version of the Wigner’s friend paradox [1]. In that work, we showed that a set of metaphysical assumptions we called “Local Friendliness” lead to inequalities that can be in principle violated by quantum correlations. We demonstrated this violation in a “proof of principle” experiment. I will discuss how violation of Local Friendliness puts strictly stronger constraints on physical theories than Bell's theorem. I will then discuss what an ultimate experiment may look like, some implications of this result for quantum foundations, and future research directions.
[1] Bong et al, Nature Physics 16, 1199 (2020)


What’s ahead for Wigner’s friend?

Device-independent quantum key distribution is a secure quantum cryptographic paradigm that allows two honest users to establish a secret key, while putting minimal trust in their devices. Most of the existing protocols have the following structure: first, a bipartite nonlocal quantum state is distributed between the honest users, who perform local projective measurements to establish nonlocal correlations. Then, they announce the implemented measurements and extract a secure key by post-processing their measurement outcomes. We show that no protocol of this form allows for establishing a secret key when implemented on certain entangled nonlocal states, namely on a range of entangled two-qubit Werner states. To prove this result, we introduce a technique for upper-bounding the asymptotic key rate of device-independent quantum key distribution protocols, based on a simple eavesdropping attack. Our results imply that either different tools are needed for device-independent quantum key distribution in the large-noise regime, or Bell nonlocality is not sufficient for this task.

Bell nonlocality is not sufficient for the security of standard device-independent quantum key distribution protocols

Tunnelling is one of the phenomena at the heart of quantum mechanics. Despite its central role in physics, the duration of this process has been debated since the development of quantum theory without a definite answer. We study the tunnelling of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a single collision configuration through a thin optical barrier.  As the atoms tunnel, each of their spins acts as a ‘clock’ to record the time spent in the barrier region. Our experiment achieves a long-sought tunnelling time measurement with a clear interpretation, demonstrating a non-zero tunnelling time.

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