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... Nuno Alexandre Peixoto Silva

Researcher

Nuno Silva

Academic position: Researcher
Joining date: 01-04-2007
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Optics and Photonics
Group: Optical Quantum Communications – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

ORCID iD
https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-6309-6818

Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-2013
  • MSc, Universidade de Aveiro, 01-01-2008
  • Licenciatura, Universidade do Minho,
  • University of Aveiro, 01-01-2014,
  • Quantum cryptography in optical fibers
  • Quantum effects in optical fibers
  • Nonlinear and polarization effects in nonlinear materials
  • Secure muliparty computation
  • Quantum random number generation
  • Quantum optical detection
18Supervision of BSc theses
As Supervisor
As Co-supervisor
3Supervision of Research grants
As Supervisor
37Papers in Journals
  • S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Experimental validation of a reversal operator-based QKD polarization control method, Optics Express, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 11745 - 11745, March, 2025,
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  • S. T. Mantey, M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, N. A. Silva, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, On the Coexistence of Quantum and Classical Signal Transmission Over Turbulent FSO Channels, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 1043 - 1050, February, 2025,
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  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Classical channel bandwidth requirements in continuous variable quantum key distribution systems, IET Quantum Communication, Vol. 0, No. 0, pp. 1 - 11, July, 2024,
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  • S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Design and implementation of a polarization-encoding system for quantum key distribution, Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 075704 - 075704, June, 2024,
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  • M. J. Ferreira, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Statistical Validation of a Physical Prime Random Number Generator Based on Quantum Noise, Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 23, pp. 12619 - 12619, November, 2023,
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  • D. Pereira, M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Impact of transmitter imbalances on the security of continuous variables quantum key distribution, EPJ Quantum Technology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1 - 13, June, 2023,
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  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Reconciliation Efficiency Impact on Discrete Modulated CV-QKD Systems Key Rates, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 41, No. 19, pp. 6134 - 6141, May, 2023,
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  • D. Pereira, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Polarization Diverse True Heterodyne Receiver Architecture for Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 432 - 439, January, 2023,
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  • D. Pereira, M. Almeida, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Probabilistic shaped 128-APSK CV-QKD transmission system over optical fibres, Optics Letters, Vol. 47, No. 15, pp. 3948 - 3948, July, 2022,
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  • M. F. Ramos, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Polarization based discrete variables quantum key distribution via conjugated homodyne detection, Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1 - 13, April, 2022,
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  • M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Full polarization random drift compensation method for quantum communication, Optics Express, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 6907 - 6920, February, 2022,
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  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Secret key rate of multi-ring M-APSK continuous variable quantum key distribution, Optics Express, Vol. 29, No. 23, pp. 38669 - 38669, November, 2021,
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  • D. Pereira, M. Almeida, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Impact of receiver imbalances on the security of continuous variables quantum key distribution, EPJ Quantum Technology, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1 - 12, October, 2021,
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  • I. Alimi, R. K. Patel, N. A. Silva, C. Sun, H. Ji, W. Shieh, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, A Review of Self-Coherent Optical Transceivers: Fundamental Issues, Recent Advances, and Research Directions, Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 16, pp. 1 - 86, August, 2021,
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  • M. J. Ferreira, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Characterization of a Quantum Random Number Generator Based on Vacuum Fluctuations, Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 16, pp. 7413-1 - 7413-16, August, 2021,
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  • N. J. Muga, M. F. Ramos, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, FPGA-Assisted State-of-Polarization Generation for Polarization-Encoded Optical Communications, IET Optoelectronics, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 350 - 355, December, 2020 | BibTex
  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Impact of imperfect homodyne detection on measurements of vacuum states shot noise, Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 52, No. 503, pp. 1 - 13, November, 2020,
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  • M. Lemus, M. F. Ramos, P. Yadav, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. Souto, N. Paunkovic, P. Mateus, A. N. Pinto, Generation and Distribution of Quantum Oblivious Keys for Secure Multiparty Computation, Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 12, pp. 4080 - 4080, June, 2020,
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  • M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Reversal operator to compensate polarization random drifts in quantum communications, Optics Express, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 5035 - 5035, February, 2020,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Optimizing the placement of spare amplifier cards to increase the achievable information rate resilience, Optical Fiber Technology, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 40 - 46, May, 2018,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Role of Amplifiers Gain on the Achievable Information Rate of M-ary PSK and QAM Constellations, Optics Communications, Vol. 383, No. 1, pp. 215 - 222, January, 2017,
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  • A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, J. Prata, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Continuous Control of Random Polarization Rotations for Quantum Communications, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 34, No. 16, pp. 3914 - 3922, August, 2016,
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  • A. Almeida, A. Stojanovic, N. Paunkovic, R. Loura Loura, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P. Mateus, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Implementation of a two-state quantum bit commitment protocol in optical fibers, Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 015202 - 015202, January, 2016,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Comprehensive characterization of a heralded single photon source based on four-wave mixing in optical fibers, Optics Communications, Vol. 327, No. 9, pp. 31 - 38, September, 2014,
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  • L. P. Martins, A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, A different way to verify the violation of the WWZB inequality, European Physical Journal D, Vol. 68, No. 228, pp. 1 - 5, August, 2014 | BibTex
  • A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, Using Quantum Technologies to Improve Fiber Optic Communication Systems, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 51, pp. 42 - 48, August, 2013,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Effects of Losses and Nonlinearities on the Generation of Polarization Entangled Photons, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp. 1309 - 1317, April, 2013,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Role of Absorption on the Generation of Quantum-Correlated Photon Pairs Through FWM, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 48, No. 11, pp. 1380 - 1388, November, 2012,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Four-Wave Mixing: Photon Statistics and the Impact on a Co-Propagating Quantum Signal, Optics Communications, Vol. 285, No. 12, pp. 2956 - 2960, June, 2012,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, Interference in a Quantum Channel due to Classical Four-Wave Mixing in Optical Fibers, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 472 - 479, April, 2012,
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  • N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Evolution of first-order sidebands from multiple FWM processes in HiBi optical fibers, Optics Communications, Vol. 284, No. 13, pp. 3408 - 3415, April, 2011,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Single-Photon Source Based on FWM With Adjustable Linear SOP, Revista do Departamento de Electrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática, Universidade de Aveiro, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 151 - 155, June, 2010,
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  • N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, M. Ferreira, A. N. Pinto, Evolution of the Degree of Co-Polarization in High-Birefringence Fibers, Optics Communications, Vol. 283, No. 10, pp. 2125 - 2132, May, 2010,
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  • N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Effective Nonlinear Parameter Measurement Using FWM in Optical Fibers in a Low Power Regime, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 285 - 291, March, 2010,
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  • N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Influence of the Stimulated Raman Scattering on the Four-Wave Mixing Process in Birefringent Fibers, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 27, No. 22, pp. 4979 - 4988, November, 2009,
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  • T. Stauber, Eduardo V. Castro, N. A. Silva, N. M. R. Peres, First-order ferromagnetic phase transition in the low electronic density regime of a biased graphene bilayer, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Vol. 20, No. 33, pp. 33520-1 - 33520-10, August, 2008,
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  • Eduardo V. Castro, N. M. R. Peres, T. Stauber, N. A. Silva, Low-Density Ferromagnetism in Biased Bilayer Graphene, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 100, No. 18, pp. 186803-1 - 186803-4, May, 2008,
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73Papers in Conferences
  • C. Bastos, F. Pinto, R. Bacar, G. Anjos, M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, R. Chaves, T. Dias, J. Afonso, R. Calé, M. Freitas, L. Maia, L. Magalhães, A. Muñiz, R. Cantó, J. Brito, J. Ballesta, R. Méndez, S. Laschet, S. Ramacher, P. James, L. Torresetti, P. Piscione, A. Abdulwahed, P. Giardina, V. Martin, L. Ortiz, A. Pastor, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, DL Lopez, M. Vieira, DISCRETION: First field demonstration of a quantum enabled SDN in the context of a military exercise, International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems ICMCIS ICMCIS, Oeiras, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2025,
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  • S. T. Mantey, M. Fernandes, N. A. Silva, G. Fernandes, N. K. Kaai, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Integrated Communications and Sensing in a 1.8km FSO Field Trial: Stokes-based SOP Monitoring and Tracking at 400 Gbps, Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Francisco, California, United States, March, 2025,
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  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Slice Reconciliation in Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution using Discrete Modulation, Photoptics, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2025,
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  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Polarization Drift Impact on the Performance of CV-QKD, Conf. on Quantum Cryptography - QCRYPT, Vigo, Spain, September, 2024 | BibTex
  • N. A. Silva, M. Almeida, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Impact of Limited Classical Channel Bandwidth on the Secret Key Rate of a CV-QKD system, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024,
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  • N. J. Muga, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, Coexistence of Classical and Quantum Signals in Hybrid Fiber and Free-Space Optics Links for QKD Integration, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024 | BibTex
  • M. Almeida, G. Anjos, J. Martins, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, An FPGA-based Physical Layer for a CV-QKD System, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024 | BibTex
  • S. T. Mantey, M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, N. A. Silva, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Impact of Fast Power Fluctuations Caused by Atmospheric Turbulence on Polarization Measurements, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics AOP2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July, 2024 | BibTex
  • M. J. Ferreira, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Searching for Bias in Commercial Quantum Random Number Generators, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, July, 2024 | BibTex
  • M. Costa, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Link Analysis for Satellite-Based Quantum Key Distribution, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics AOP2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July, 2024 | BibTex
  • H. Costa, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Advanced Algorithms for Optimization of QKD Encoding Subsystems, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics AOP2024, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024 | BibTex
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Modulation variance optimization in discrete modulated CV-QKD systems, SPIE Sensors + Imaging, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Vol., pp. -, September, 2023,
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  • S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, AI-Assisted Polarization Basis Alignment for Quantum Key Distribution System Receivers, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bucharest, Romania, Vol., pp. -, July, 2023,
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  • N. A. Silva, M. J. Ferreira, M. A. Carvalho, A. Souto, N. Paunkovic, P. Mateus, A. Teixeira, A. N. Pinto, A Network Server for Distributing Quantum Random Numbers, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Bucharest, Romania, Vol., pp. -, July, 2023,
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  • M. J. Ferreira, M. A. Carvalho, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Probable Prime Generation from a Quantum Randomness Source, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Bucharest, Romania, Vol., pp. -, July, 2023,
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  • G. Anjos, M. Almeida, J. Martins, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, An FPGA-based physical layer approach for a CV-QKD transmitter, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bucharest, Romania, Vol., pp. -, July, 2023,
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  • S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Frame Synchronization for Quantum Key Distribution Systems, IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, December, 2022,
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  • C. Bastos, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, El Proyecto DISCRETION: Redes definidas por software y criptografía cuántica en comunicaciones para la defensa, IX Congreso Nacional de i+d en Defensa y Seguridad DESEI+D, Pontevedra, Spain, November, 2022 | BibTex
  • D. Pereira, N. A. Silva, M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, Optimization of continuous variables quantum key distribution using discrete modulation, SPIE Sensors + Imaging, Berlin, Germany, September, 2022,
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  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, CV-QKD Imperfections Impact on Shot-Noise Measurement, Iberic Meeting of Optics Students IMOS, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, June, 2022,
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  • M. J. Ferreira, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, Quantum-Noise Based True Random Number Generation, Iberic Meeting of Optics Students IMOS, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol., pp. 17 - 17, June, 2022,
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  • M. J. Ferreira, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, Efficient Randomness Extraction in Quantum Random Number Generators, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, May, 2022,
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  • D. Pereira, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Impact of Shot Noise Estimation on the Secret Key Rate of a CV-QKD System, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, May, 2022,
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  • H. Costa, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Optimization of a Polarization-Encoding System for Practical Quantum Key Distribution, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, May, 2022 | BibTex
  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, CV-QKD Security Limits Using Higher-Order Probabilistic Shaped Regular M-APSK Constellations, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, May, 2022,
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  • S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Demonstration of a Polarization encoding Quantum Key Distribution System, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, May, 2022,
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  • S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Demonstration of an Algorithm for Quantum State Generation in Polarization-Encoding QKD Systems, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Diego, United States, March, 2022,
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  • D. Pereira, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, A polarization diversity CV-QKD detection scheme for channels with strong polarization drift, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering QCE, Conference online, October, 2021,
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  • M. J. Ferreira, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Time-interleaved quantum random number generation within a coherent classical communication channel, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Uberlândia, Brazil, August, 2021,
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  • M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Reference Clock Signal Distribution for Quantum Key Distribution, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Uberlândia, Brazil, August, 2021,
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  • S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Algorithm for State-Of-Polarization Generation in Polarization-Encoding Quantum Key Distribution, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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  • M. Almeida, M. Facão, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Secret key extraction in direct reconciliation CV-QKD systems, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2021 | BibTex
  • M. J. Ferreira, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Homodyne Noise Characterization in Quantum Random Number Generators, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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  • N. J. Muga, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, DSP optimization for simplified coherent receivers, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bari, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2020,
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  • N. A. Silva, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Practical Imperfections Affecting the Performance of CV-QKD Based on Coherent Detection, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. 1 - 4, July, 2020,
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  • A. N. Pinto, L. Ortiz, M. Santos, G. Gomes, J. Brito, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P. Mateus, V. Martin, Quantum Enabled Private Recognition of Composite Signals in Genome and Proteins (Invited), International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Bari, Italy, July, 2020,
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  • N. J. Muga, M. F. Ramos, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Deterministic State-of-Polarization Generation for Polarization-Encoded Optical Communications, Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International IMOC, Aveiro, Portugal, November, 2019,
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  • M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Fast Polarization Basis Alignment For Quantum Communications, OSA Frontiers in Optics, Washington DC, United States, September, 2019,
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  • N. J. Muga, R. K. Patel, I. Alimi, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Self-coherent optical detection for access and metro networks, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. WeD2.5, pp. -, July, 2019 | BibTex
  • M. Facão, V.H.F. Ferreira, A. L. Marques, T. Freitas, N. A. Silva, Strategies of Legitimate Parties and an Eavesdropper for Discretely Modulated Continuous-Variables Quantum Key Distribution Protocols, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. We.D5.2, pp. -, July, 2019,
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  • N. A. Silva, M. Almeida, D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Role of Device Imperfections on the Practical Performance of Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution Systems, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Angers, France, Vol. We.D5.3, pp. -, July, 2019,
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  • A. N. Pinto, M. F. Ramos, A. Santos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, The Impact of Fiber Random Birefringence in Polarization-Encoded Quantum Communications, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Angers, France, Vol., pp. -, July, 2019 | BibTex
  • A. N. Pinto, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, Generation and Distribution of Oblivious Keys through Quantum Communications (Invited), International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON, Bucareste, Romania, July, 2018,
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  • A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. Almeida, D. Pereira, Quantum Communications: An Engineering Approach, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Girona, Spain, July, 2017 | BibTex
  • D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Quantum Key Distribution with Continuous Variables, Doctoral Congress in Engineering - Symposium on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. 246 -, June, 2017,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Determining the Number of Bits Required for the Estimation of the QBER in Quantum Communication Systems, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 178 - 181, September, 2015,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Heralded single photon source from spontaneous four-wave mixing process in lossy waveguides, SPIE Security + Defense, Toulouse, France, Vol. 9648, pp. 964814-1 - 964814-9, September, 2015,
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  • N. A. Silva, B. Tiburcio, D. Pereira, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, Quantum communications based on continuous variables, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 413 - 416, September, 2015,
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  • A. Almeida, B. Tiburcio, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Comunicações Seguras Usando a Luz, Feira de Ciências À DESCOBERTA DA LUZ, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, May, 2015 | BibTex
  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Calculation of the number of bits required for the estimation of the bit error ratio, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 6, May, 2014 | BibTex
  • A. Almeida, R. Loura Loura, N. Paunkovic, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P. Mateus, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, A brief review on quantum bit commitment, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, May, 2014 | BibTex
  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Photon-Pair Generation in Lossy Waveguides, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 9286, pp. 92861E-1 - 92861E-7, May, 2014,
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  • A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, Using Single Photons to Improve Fiber Optic Communication Systems, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP2014, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 9286, pp. 92861B-1 - 92861B-10, May, 2014 | BibTex
  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Photon-Pair Generation in Chalcogenide Glass: Role of Waveguide Linear Absorption, INSTICC International Conf. on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - PHOTOPTICS, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 5 - 10, January, 2014,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Characterization of a fiber based heralded single photon source at telecom wavelength, RIAO/OPTILAS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 8785, pp. 8785F0-1 - 8785F0-5, July, 2013,
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  • A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. Stojanovic, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, J. M. Mora, J. C. Capmany, Enabling Quantum Communications through Accurate Photons Polarization Control, RIAO/OPTILAS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 8, July, 2013,
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  • A. Almeida, D. J. Macedo, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Quantum Communication Using Polarization-Encoded Photons in Optical Fibers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 205 - 208, May, 2013,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Four-wave mixing: Photon statistics and the impact on a co-propagating quantum signal, Conf. on Quantum Cryptography - QCRYPT, Singapore, Singapore, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 3, September, 2012,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Impact of FWM Process on the Statistics of a Co-Propagating Quantum Signal in a WDM Lightwave System, International Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON, Coventry, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, pp. Tu.P.6-1 - Tu.P.6-4, July, 2012,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Experimental Characterization of the Photon Statistics of Four-Wave Mixing Photon Source, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 142 - 147, June, 2012,
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  • A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, Long-Term Time Evolution Measurements of Polarization Drift in Optical Fibers, Symp. on Enabling Optical Networks and Sensors - SEONS, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, June, 2012,
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  • A. N. Pinto, A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, L. M. Pinto, Engineering Quantum Communication Systems, SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, Vol. 8440, pp. 84400B-1 - 84400B-13, April, 2012 | BibTex
  • A. Almeida, L. M. Pinto, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Correlated Photon-Pair Generation in a Highly Nonlinear Fiber Using Spontaneous FWM, Symp. on Enabling Optical Networks - SEON, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2011,
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  • A. N. Pinto, A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, L. M. Pinto, Optical Quantum Communications: An Experimental Approach, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Braga, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, May, 2011 | BibTex
  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Single-Photon Source Using Stimulated FWM in Optical Fibers for Quantum Communication, International Conf. on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP, Braga, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 7, May, 2011,
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  • A. Almeida, S. R. Carneiro, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs Using Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in a Fiber Loop, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011,
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  • N. A. Silva, A. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, Statistical Characterization of a Single-Photon Source Based on Stimulated FWM in Optical Fibers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, April, 2011,
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  • N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, M. Ferreira, A. N. Pinto, Relative State-of-Polarization in High-Birefringence Fibers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 121 - 126, June, 2010,
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  • N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, M. Ferreira, A. N. Pinto, Generalized Analysis of the Polarization Evolution in High-Birefringence Fibers, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Munich, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. MoP2 -, June, 2010,
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  • N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Measurement of the Effective Nonlinear Parameter Using FWM in Random Polarization Optical Fibers, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications - NOC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 185 - 190, June, 2010,
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  • A. Almeida, S. R. Carneiro, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Time Coincidence of Entangled Photon Pairs Using Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in a Fiber Loop, Symp. on Enabling Optical Networks - SEON, Porto, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 2, June, 2010,
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  • A. Almeida, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Fiber-Optical Communication System Using Polarization-encoding Photons, European Conf. on Networks and Optical Communications and Conf. on Optical Cabling and Infrastructure - NOC/OC, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 127 - 132, June, 2010,
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  • N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Single-Photon Generation, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 35 - 38, May, 2009,
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1Patents
  • P.S André, A. N. Pinto, A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, J. Prata, Sistema de comunicações quânticas e método de operação, PT109067, National, Granted, 30-12-2015, Portugal,
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Currently running projects5

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
DISCRETION Disruptive SDN secure communications for European Defence EU 01-12-2021 31-05-2025
PTQCI Portuguese Quantum Communications Infrastructure - PTQCI EU 01-01-2023 30-06-2025
QSCAN Quantum-Enabled Secure Multiparty Computation for Space Surveillance Tracking NATO 01-03-2024 28-02-2027
QSNP Quantum Secure Networks Partnership EU 01-03-2023 31-08-2026
QuantaGenomics Quantum Enabled Secure Multiparty Computation for Genomic Medicine EU / FCT / Programme ERA-NET Cofund QuantERA II 01-05-2022 30-04-2025

Closed Projects15

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
COHERENTINUOUS Coherent detection and advanced digital signal processing techniques for broadband and quantum secure optical communication systems FCT, IT/LA 01-01-2018 01-12-2023
CV-Quantum Improving Security and Capacity Using Continuous Variables Quantum Communications IT/LA 01-02-2014 01-06-2016
DSPMetroNet DSP Functions for Simplified Coherent Transceivers in Optical Metropolitan Networks FCT/POCI 01-07-2018 31-12-2021
NG-COS Next-Generation Coherent Optical Communication Systems IT/LA 01-09-2011 01-08-2013
OSP-HNLF OSP-HNLF - Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear Fibers FCT/PTDC 01-05-2010 01-04-2013
P-Quantum Practical Quantum Communications IT/LA 01-09-2011 01-08-2013
Q.DOT SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 039728 - Distributed Quantum Oblivious Transfer P2020 01-10-2019 30-06-2022
QSCRIPTED Quantum Secure Communication Field Experiment Gabinete Nacional de Segurança 10-05-2021 09-07-2021
QuantPrivNet Quantum-Enabled Security and Privacy in Future Optical Communication Networks FCT 01-01-2019 31-12-2024
QuantumMining Quantum Primitives for Privacy Preserving Data Mining FCT 01-09-2018 28-02-2022
QuantumPrime Generation of Prime Numbers Enabled by Quantum Technologies for Cryptographic Applications FCT 01-02-2021 31-01-2024
QUESTS QUANTUM ENABLED SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS FCT 01-02-2020 30-06-2022
QuGENOME Quantum Enabled Private Recognition of Composite Signals in Genome EU 01-12-2020 31-03-2022
QuRunner Development of a quantum random number generator network server IT 01-02-2020 31-07-2022
SoftTransceiver Software Defined Transceiver for Flexible Optical Networks IT 01-04-2016 01-12-2018
11Awards
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best paper award at Photoptics 2025, Best paper award with the paper titled “Slice Reconciliation in Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution using Discrete Modulation” received at at 13th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology (Photoptics) in February 2025., 01-02-2025
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best Communication Award, Best communication award with the work entitled "Optimization of CV-QKD Systems for Field Deployment" exploring the topic of PhD thesis, received in the Research Summit 2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2024, 01-07-2024
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best Communication Award, Best communication in Engineering award with the work entitled "Optimization of CV-QKD Systems for Field Deployment" exploring the topic of PhD thesis, received in the Research Summit 2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2024, 01-07-2024
  • M. Almeida, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best Paper Award, Best paper award for the paper entitled "Modulation variance optimization in discrete modulated CV-QKD systems", presented at Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defense conference, part of SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2023 (Security + Defense), held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 2023, 01-09-2023
  • M. Almeida, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, M. Facão, A. N. Pinto, N. A. Silva, Best paper in Workshop, Best paper in the II Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica with the paper entitled "CV-QKD Security Limits Using Higher-Order Probabilistic Shaped Regular M-APSK Constellations", received in the II Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica (WQuantum) from XL Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos, 23 May, Uberlândia, Brazil, 2022, 01-05-2022
  • M. J. Ferreira, D. Pereira, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best paper in Workshop, Best paper in the Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica – Time-interleaved quantum random number generation within a coherent classical communication channel, received in the 1st Communication and Quantum Computing Workshop (WQuantum), 16 August, Uberlândia, Brazil, 01-08-2021
  • S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Best Paper Award, Best Paper Award For the paper entitled Algorithm for State-Of-Polarization Generation in Polarization-Encoding Quantum Key Distribution, presented at the 2021 Telecoms Conference (ConfTELE), the 12th conference on telecommunications, held in Leiria Portugal, 11-12 February 2021., 01-02-2021
  • M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best PhD oral communication, "Fast and Secure Multiparty Computation Enabled by Quantum Communication Technologies" presented at Research Summit 2019, held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, July 3-5 2019. The award has been attributed for the scientific quality and organization of the work., 01-07-2019
  • D. Pereira, M. Facão, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best PhD oral communication, Best PhD oral communication for the Symposium on Engineering Physics: Daniel Pereira – Quantum Key Distribution with Continuous Variables, received in the 2nd Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 8-9 June, Porto, Portugal, 01-06-2017
  • N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Best Student Paper Award, for the paper entitled ''Photon-Pair Generation in Chalcogenide Glass - Role of Waveguide Linear Absorption'' presented at the International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology (PHOTOPTICS), held in Lisbon - Portugal, 01-01-2014
  • A. Almeida, N. J. Muga, N. A. Silva, P.S André, A. N. Pinto, SEONS Best Student Paper, Best Student Paper on Optical Communication in the X SEONS, in Porto, 01-06-2012
2Conference Committees
  • SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Organizing Committee, 2022
  • SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Organizing Committee, 2021
4Editorial Committees
  • Editorial Board, Frontiers in Physics, 01-09-2023 - 31-08-2025
  • Editorial Board, Frontiers in Communication, 24-02-2023 - 24-02-2025
  • Editorial Board, Applied Sciences, 12-01-2021 - 11-01-2026
  • Area Editor, Applied Sciences, 12-01-2021 - 11-01-2026
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