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Welcome to The Quantum Protocol Zoo- Explore, Learn, Code and Implement Quantum Protocols

The Quantum Protocol Zoo is an open repository of quantum protocols which provides a medium to explore all such protocols presented in a compressed form in order to communicate with the computer scientists, engineers and physicists on one platform.
  • ZOO CURATORS

Elham Kashefi
Shraddha Singh

Getting started

Various functionalities and corresponding protocols for quantum communication (listed in Protocol Library) are presented according to the boxed structures given below. A page on Supplementary Information has been provided for any additional introduction to quantum computation. Various categories have also been used as 'tags' to link several protocols similar in some aspects. Any information on How to Submit or contact can be found in the Navigation menu on the sidebar. Users can leave their useful comments in the Discussion section of the concerned wiki page.

  • Functionality Format


  • Functionality Description

A lucid definition of functionality in discussion.

Tags: Any related page or list of protocols is connected by this section


  • Use Case

  1. Bridges the gap between users and protocol designers.
  2. Technological Readiness:
  • Properties

All properties that should be satisfied by any protocol achieving the concerned functionality and other common terminologies used in all the protocols.

  • Relevant papers

Any review paper or other article discussing a feature of various types of protocols related to the functionality.


  • Protocol Format


  • Functionality Description

A lucid definition of functionality (objective) achieved and properties satisfied by the method used.

Tags: Any related page or list of protocols is connected by this section


  • Use Case

  1. Bridges the gap between users and protocol designers.
  2. Technological Readiness:
  • Requirements

    1. Network Stage: (See Categories on sidebar)
    2. Network Parameters: parameters of Network Stage relevant to the protocol
    3. Benchmark Values: updated values for different parameters
  • Example:

  1. Outline A non-mathematical detailed outline which provides a rough idea of the method described. A figure is accommodated for most protocols.
  2. Properties A list of important information extracted from the protocol such as, Parameters (threshold values), security claim, success probability, adversarial assumption (see Quantum Adversary Definitions), setup assumptions, etc..
  3. Pseudo Code Mathematical step-wise protocol algorithm helpful to write a subroutine.
  • Relevant papers

List of protocols easy to interpret after reading the concerned formal description, in chronological order.