Pedro Ricardo Neto Mendes

Degrees

Thesis Information

Entangling measurements to power quantum communication, Instituto de Telecomunicações, PhD Student, Pedro Ricardo Neto Mendes, Supervisor: E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, set-2023 - set-2027

Academic Activities

Space-based high-speed quantum communication, MSc Student, Duarte Lourenço Sumares Velosa Barreto, Concluded 10-2025

Publications

3Papers in Journals

Early Access

P. Mendes, D. Rusca, H. Z. Zbinden, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Quantum keyless private communication under intense background noise, Physical Review A, Vol. 113, No. 2, pp. -, February, 2026,
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P. Mendes, P.S André, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Simple portable quantum key distribution for science outreach, American Journal of Physics, Vol., No., pp. - | BibTex

Published

P. Mendes, G. T. Teixeira, D. P. Pinho, R. Rocha, P.S André, M. Niehus, R.F Faleiro, D. Rusca, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Optical payload design for downlink quantum key distribution and keyless communication using CubeSats, EPJ Quantum Technology, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. ? - ?, July, 2024,
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2Papers in Conferences

A., P.S André, P. Mendes, Go-Around prediction at LPPT based on deep learning models 3 using ADS-B and Meteorological data, The OpenSky Symposium, Norrköping, Sweden, Vol., pp. -, November, 2025 | BibTex
P.S André, G. T. Teixeira, P. Mendes, J. Senart, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Quantum Technology: An Emerging Technology for Intrinsic Secure Communication, The International Telecommunications Conference - ITC-EGYPT, cairo, Egypt, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024 | Full text (PDF 26 KBs) | BibTex

Projects

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
PTQCI	Portuguese Quantum Communications Infrastructure - PTQCI	EU	01-01-2023	30-06-2025
QIA	QIA – Quantum Internet Alliance	EU/H2020	01-10-2018	30-09-2021

Related UN SDG

Activities from this researcher fall under the following United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs):

Academic position:	PhD Student
Joining date:	01-01-2022
Roles in IT:	PhD Student
Thematic Line:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies - Lx