Sara Tamara Mantey

Sara Mantey

Former IT academic position:	External Author
Joining/Leaving IT dates:	01-09-2019 / 01-07-2025
Roles held in IT:	PhD Student
Former IT thematic line:	Optics and Photonics
Group:	Optical Quantum Communications – Av

Scientific Achievements

Publications

4Papers in Journals

S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Experimental validation of a reversal operator-based QKD polarization control method, Optics Express, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 11745 - 11745, March, 2025,
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S. T. Mantey, M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, N. A. Silva, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, On the Coexistence of Quantum and Classical Signal Transmission Over Turbulent FSO Channels, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 1043 - 1050, February, 2025,
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S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Design and implementation of a polarization-encoding system for quantum key distribution, Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 075704 - 075704, June, 2024,
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N. J. Muga, M. F. Ramos, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, FPGA-Assisted State-of-Polarization Generation for Polarization-Encoded Optical Communications, IET Optoelectronics, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 350 - 355, December, 2020 | BibTex

11Papers in Conferences

S. T. Mantey, M. Fernandes, N. A. Silva, G. Fernandes, N. K. Kaai, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Integrated Communications and Sensing in a 1.8km FSO Field Trial: Stokes-based SOP Monitoring and Tracking at 400 Gbps, Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), San Francisco, California, United States, March, 2025,
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N. J. Muga, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, Coexistence of Classical and Quantum Signals in Hybrid Fiber and Free-Space Optics Links for QKD Integration, International Conf. on Transparent Networks – ICTON, Bari, Italy, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024 | BibTex
S. T. Mantey, M. Fernandes, G. Fernandes, N. A. Silva, F. P. Guiomar, P. Monteiro, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Impact of Fast Power Fluctuations Caused by Atmospheric Turbulence on Polarization Measurements, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics AOP2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July, 2024 | BibTex
M. Costa, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Link Analysis for Satellite-Based Quantum Key Distribution, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics AOP2024, Aveiro, Portugal, July, 2024 | BibTex
A. Felisberto, S. T. Mantey, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, High-Performing Synchronization Techniques for Quantum Key Distribution Systems, International Conference on Application of Optics and Photonics AOP2024, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2024 | BibTex
S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, AI-Assisted Polarization Basis Alignment for Quantum Key Distribution System Receivers, International Conference of Transparent Optical Network (ICTON), Bucharest, Romania, Vol., pp. -, July, 2023,
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S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Frame Synchronization for Quantum Key Distribution Systems, IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, December, 2022,
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S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Demonstration of a Polarization encoding Quantum Key Distribution System, SBRC Workshop de Comunicação e Computação Quântica WQuantum, Fortaleza, Brazil, Vol., pp. -, May, 2022,
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S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, N. J. Muga, Demonstration of an Algorithm for Quantum State Generation in Polarization-Encoding QKD Systems, OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Diego, United States, March, 2022,
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S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Algorithm for State-Of-Polarization Generation in Polarization-Encoding Quantum Key Distribution, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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N. J. Muga, M. F. Ramos, S. T. Mantey, N. A. Silva, A. N. Pinto, Deterministic State-of-Polarization Generation for Polarization-Encoded Optical Communications, Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International IMOC, Aveiro, Portugal, November, 2019,
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2Non-refereed Publications

N. A. Silva, M. J. Ferreira, S. T. Mantey, M. Almeida, G. Anjos, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Tecnologias Quânticas em Criptografia, PTDC/EEI-TEL/8017/2020, May 2025,
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N. J. Muga, D. Cruz, S. T. Mantey, A. Tavares, C.Rodrigues Rodrigues, Impact of Passive Optical Network technology on polarization encoded Discrete Variable Quantum Key Distribution, [*First Author: Diogo Cruz] InnovAction Altice Labs, Nr. 10, 2024, December 2024,
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Projects

Currently running projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
QSCAN	Quantum-Enabled Secure Multiparty Computation for Space Surveillance Tracking	NATO	01-03-2024	28-02-2027
QSNP	Quantum Secure Networks Partnership	EU	01-03-2023	31-08-2026
QuantaGenomics	Quantum Enabled Secure Multiparty Computation for Genomic Medicine	EU / FCT / Programme ERA-NET Cofund QuantERA II	01-05-2022	30-04-2026

Closed Projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
PTQCI	Portuguese Quantum Communications Infrastructure - PTQCI	EU	01-01-2023	30-06-2025
Q.DOT	SI I&DT Copromoção Nr. 039728 - Distributed Quantum Oblivious Transfer	P2020	01-10-2019	30-06-2022
QuantumPrime	Generation of Prime Numbers Enabled by Quantum Technologies for Cryptographic Applications	FCT	01-02-2021	31-01-2024

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

S. T. Mantey, M. F. Ramos, N. A. Silva, N. J. Muga, A. N. Pinto, Best Paper Award, Best Paper Award For the paper entitled Algorithm for State-Of-Polarization Generation in Polarization-Encoding Quantum Key Distribution, presented at the 2021 Telecoms Conference (ConfTELE), the 12th conference on telecommunications, held in Leiria Portugal, 11-12 February 2021., 01-02-2021

IT Former Collaborator

Sara Mantey

Scientific Achievements

Currently running projects3

Closed Projects3