Original papers are sought on, but not restricted to the following categories and topics.

• Applications 

• quantum key distribution and quantum data encryption

• earth-satellite and satellite-satellite links

• quantum hubs and quantum communication networks

• quantum simulators.

• Security and Performance Analysis 

• finite-key security analysis for general attacks

• device-independent security proofs

• security proofs for DV and CV QKD systems

• analysis of side-channel attacks and other loopholes

• certification of QKD devices.

• Quantum Hacking 

• implementation loopholes

• quantum computing threats to cryptography.

• Enhanced Quantum Channels 

• multi-channel and multi-level encoding techniques

• photon orbital angular momentum

• spatial, temporal, and frequency encoding and multiplexing techniques.

• Mathematics 

• quantum algorithms

• quantum cryptography primitives and protocols.

• quantum randomness extractors.

• Technologies 

• single-photon sources, detectors, and filters

• entanglement sources and detection

• random number generation

• probabilistic qubit amplifiers and their use in QKD

• quantum memories, gates, relays, and repeaters

• signals processing and computer architectures for quantum cryptographic systems

• integrated photonics for quantum circuits.

• Other topics 

• quantum computation theory and implementations

• quantum imaging

• quantum sensing

• tests of quantum theory.