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... Sara Tamara Mantey

PhD Student

Sara Mantey

Academic position: PhD Student
Joining date: 01-09-2019
Roles in IT: PhD Student
Thematic Line: Optics and Photonics
Group: Optical Quantum Communications – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
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Scientific Achievements

  • Practical Implementation of a Polarization-Encoded Quantum Key Distribution System, Universidade de Aveiro, PhD Student, Sara Tamara Mantey, Supervisor: N. J. Muga, Co-supervisor: N. A. Silva, set-2021 - jul-2025
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,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 1 MB) | BibTex
  • 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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Currently running projects4

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
PTQCI Portuguese Quantum Communications Infrastructure - PTQCI EU 01-01-2023 30-06-2025
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 30-04-2025

Closed Projects2

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
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
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
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