Publications

2011

• W. Rosenfeld; J. Hofmann; N. Ortegel; M. Krug; F. Henkel; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Weber; H. Weinfurter
  Towards high-fidelity interference of photons emitted by two remotely trapped Rb-87 atoms
  Optics and Spectroscopy 111, 535 (2011)

2010

• M. Fürst; H. Weier; S. Nauerth; D. G. Marangon; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  High speed optical quantum random number generation
  Optics Express 18, 13029 (2010)

2008

• S. Gaertner; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; A. Cabello; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum Protocol for Byzantine Agreement and Liar Detection
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 070504 (2008)

2007

• J. Volz; M. Weber; D. Schlenk; W. Rosenfeld; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  An Atom and a Photon
  Laser Physics 17, 1007 (2007)
• S. Gaertner; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Bourennane; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental Demonstration of Four-Party Quantum Secret Sharing
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 020503 (2007)
• C. Schmid; P. Trojek; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Schmid et al. Reply
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 028902, (2007)

2006

• M. Weber; J. Volz; K. Saucke; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Analysis of a single-atom dipole trap
  Phys. Rev. A 73, 043406 (2006)
• C. Schuck; G. Huber; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Complete Deterministic Linear Optics Bell State Analysis
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 190501 (2006)
• M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; S. Gaertner; N. Kiesel; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Entanglement Persistency of Multiphoton Entangled States
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 100502 (2006)
• H. Weier; T. Schmitt-Manderbach; N. Regner; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Free space quantum key distribution: Towards a real life application
  Fortschr. Phys. 54, 840-845 (2006)
• J. Volz; M. Weber; D. Schlenk; W. Rosenfeld; J. Vrana; K. Saucke; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Observation of Entanglement of a Single Photon with a Trapped Atom
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 030404 (2006)

2005

• K. J. Resch, M. Lindenthal, B. Blauensteiner, H. R. Böhm, A. Fedrizzi; C. Kurtsiefer; A. Poppe; T. Schmitt-Manderbach; M. Taraba, R. Ursin, P. Walther; H. Weier; H. Weinfurter
  Distributing entanglement and single photons through an intra-city, free-space quantum channel
  Optics Express 13, 202-209 (2005)
• C. Schmid; P. Trojek; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental single qubit quantum secret sharing
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 230505 (2005)
• S. Gaertner; H. Weinfurter; C. Kurtsiefer
  Fast and Compact Multichannel Photon Coincidence Unit for Quantum Information Processing
  Rev. Sci. Inst. 76, 123108 (2005)
• C. Wang; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter; B. Burchard
  Single photon emission from SiV centres in diamond produced by ion implantation
  J. Phys. B 39, 37 (2005)

2004

• P. Trojek; C. Schmid; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Compact source of polarization-entangled photon pairs
  Optics Express 12, 276-281 (2004)
• M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; S. Gaertner; C. Kurtsiefer; A. Cabello; H. Weinfurter
  Decoherence-free quantum information processing with four-photon entangled states
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 107901 (2004)
• M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; C. Kurtsiefer; S. Gaertner; H. Weinfurter; O. Gühne, P. Hyllus, D. Bruß, M. Lewenstein, and A. Sanpera
  Experimental detection of multipartite entanglement using witness operators
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 087902 (2004)
• M. Eibl; N. Kiesel; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental realization of a three-qubit entangled W state
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 077901 (2004)

2003

• O. Schulz; R. Steinhübl; M. Weber; B.-G. Englert; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Ascertaining the values of s_x, s_y, and s_z of a polarization qubit
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 177901 (2003)
• M. Eibl; S. Gaertner; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental observation of four-photon entanglement from parametric down-conversion
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 200403 (2003)
• S. Gaertner; M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  High fidelity four photon entanglement source
  Applied Physics B 77, 803 (2003)

2002

• C. Braig; P. Zarda; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental Demonstration of Complementarity with Single Photons
  Applied Physics B 76, 113-116 (2003)
• C. Kurtsiefer; P. Zarda; M. Halder; H. Weinfurter; P. M. Gorman, P. R. Tapster, and J. G. Rarity
  Quantum cryptography: A step towards global key distribution
  Nature 419, 450 (2002)
• A. Beige, B.-G. Englert; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Secure communication with a publicly known key
  Acta Phys. Pol. A 101, 357 (2002)
• A. Beige, B.-G. Englert; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Secure communication with single-photon two-qubit states
  J. Phys. A 35, L407 (2002)

2001

• J. Volz; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Compact All-Solid-State Source of Polarization Entangled Photon Pairs
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 869 (2001)
• C. Kurtsiefer; M. Oberparleiter; H. Weinfurter
  Generation of correlated photon pairs in type-II parametric down conversion -- revisited
  Journal of Modern Optics 48, 1997-2007 (2001)
• C. Kurtsiefer; M. Oberparleiter; H. Weinfurter
  High efficiency entangled photon pair collection in type II parametric fluorescence
  Phys. Rev. A 64, 023802 (2001)
• C. Kurtsiefer; P. Zarda; S. Mayer; H. Weinfurter
  The breakdown flash of Silicon Avalanche diodes - backdoor for eavesdropper attacks?
  Journal of Modern Optics 48, 2039-2047 (2001)
• B.-G. Englert; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Universal unitary gate for single-photon two-qubit states
  Phys. Rev. A 63, 032303 (2001)

2000

• C. Kurtsiefer; S. Mayer; P. Zarda; H. Weinfurter
  Stable solid-state source of single photons
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 290-293 (2000)

Proceedings, Book Articles

• A. Beige, B.-G. Englert; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Communicating with qubit pairs
  R. Brylinski, G. Chen (eds.): Mathematics of quantum computation, CRC Press, pp. 359 (2002)
• C. Kurtsiefer; M. Oberparleiter; J. Volz; H. Weinfurter
  Efficient Generation of Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs with a Laser Diode Source
  Laser Physics at the limits, p.449-457, Springer Verlag 2001
• C. Schmid; P. Trojek; S. Gaertner; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental quantum secret sharing
  In Elements of Quantum Information, edited by W. P. Schleich and H. Walther, ISBN 978-3527407255, p. 303 ff. (2007)
• M. Bourennane; C. Schmid; P. Trojek; C. Kurtsiefer; C. Brukner; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Experimental Single Qubit Quantum Multiparty Communication
  In Quantum Communication and Security, edited by M. Zukowski, S. Kilin, J. Kowalik, NATO workshop (2007)
• H. Weier; T. Schmitt-Manderbach; N. Regner; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Free space quantum key distribution: Towards a real life application
  In Elements of Quantum Information, edited by W. P. Schleich and H. Walther, ISBN 978-3527407255, p. 315 ff. (2007)
• C. Kurtsiefer; P. Zarda; M. Halder; P. M. Gorman, P. R. Tapster, J. G. Rarity; H. Weinfurter
  Long-distance free-space quantum cryptography
  S. Liu, G. Guo, H.-K. Lo, N. Imoto (eds.): Quantum optics in computing and communications, Proceedings SPIE 4917, pp. 25-31 (2002)
• M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; S. Gaertner; N. Kiesel; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Multiphoton entanglement
  G. Leuchs and T. Beth (eds.): Quantum Information Processing, VCH-Wiley, p. 292-299 (2002)
• M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; S. Gaertner; N. Kiesel; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Multiphoton entanglement
  S. Liu, G. Guo, H.-K. Lo, N. Imoto (eds.): Quantum optics in computing and communications, Proceedings SPIE 4917, pp. 45-53 (2002)
• M. Bourennane; M. Eibl; S. Gaertner; N. Kiesel; C. Kurtsiefer; M. Zukowski; H. Weinfurter
  Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry
  Fortschr. Phys. 51, 273, (2003)
• P. Zarda; C. Kurtsiefer; S. Mayer; H. Weinfurter
  Stable Solid-State Source of Single Photons
  Quantum Communication, Computing and Measurement 3, p.307ff, Kluwer Academic (2001)
• N. Kiesel; M. Bourennane; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter; D. Kaszlikowski, W. Laskowski, and M. Zukowski
  Three-Photon W-state
  Proceedings of the Intl. Conference on Quantum Information, Oviedo, Spain, July 13-18 2002; Journal of Modern Optics 50, p. 1131-1138 (2003)
• C. Wang; C. Kurtsiefer; H. Weinfurter
  Ultra short luminescence lifetime of ruby nanocrystal inclusions in Ib diamond
  Proceedings of 10th microoptics conference,L-38 (2004)

Overviews and Popular Coverage

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