Nicholas Zaunders

PhD researcher in quantum information and optics

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n.zaunders@uq.edu.au

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Publication list

N. Zaunders et al., Quantum-amplified simultaneous quantum-classical communications. 2024 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC) 160–167 (IEEE, Kanazawa, Japan, 2024). doi:10.1109/QCNC62729.2024.00033.
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N. Zaunders et al., Enhanced simultaneous quantum-classical communications under composable security. Phys. Rev. A 112, 042608 (2025). doi:10.1103/p34s-5217.
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N. Zaunders. MENTAT: a Mathematica-based human-accessible computer algebra system for Fock state computation. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15171089.
Accessible at github.com/nicholaszaunders/MENTAT.

N. Zaunders and T. C. Ralph, Entanglement distribution via satellite: an evaluation of competing protocols assuming realistic free-space optical channels. Phys. Rev. A 113, 012625 (2026). doi:10.1103/p6lj-1d8q.
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Ö. Erkılıç, B. Shajilal, N. Zaunders and T. C. Ralph, Software-enhanced simultaneous quantum-classical communication protocol with Gaussian postselection Phys. Rev. A 113, 012613 (2026). doi:10.1103/46rd-4mws.
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Ö. Erkılıç, A. Das, A. Baiju, N. Zaunders, B. Shajilal and T. C. Ralph, Utility of noiseless linear amplification and attenuation in single-rail discrete-variable quantum communications Phys. Rev. A 113, 052416 (2026). doi:10.1103/y7qs-7wmw.
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N. Zaunders and T. C. Ralph, Generalised simultaneous transmission of arbitrary quantum states and classical information.
Submitted to Physical Review Letters (June 2026).
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N. Zaunders and T. C. Ralph, Co-transmission of classical data and continuous-variable entanglement over a single physical channel.
Manuscript in preparation.

N. Zaunders and T. C. Ralph, Ultra-low-latency Gaussian direct secure quantum communications using squeezed states.
Manuscript in preparation.

N. Zaunders and T. C. Ralph, Simple distributed quantum anonymous voting using direct transmission of squeezed states.
Manuscript in preparation.