Pedro Ricardo Neto Mendes

Academic position:	PhD Student
Joining date:	01-01-2022
Roles in IT:	PhD Student
Thematic Line:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies - Lx

IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
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http://www.cienciavitae.pt/8D1E-B17E-8086

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Degrees

Thesis Information

Entangling measurements to power quantum communication, Instituto de Telecomunicações, PhD Student, Pedro Ricardo Neto Mendes, Supervisor: E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, set-2023 - set-2027

Academic Activities

Space-based high-speed quantum communication, MSc Student, Duarte Lourenço Sumares Velosa Barreto, Concluded 10-2025

Publications

3Papers in Journals

Early Access

P. Mendes, P.S André, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Simple portable quantum key distribution for science outreach, American Journal of Physics, Vol., No., pp. - | BibTex

Published

P. Mendes, D. Rusca, H. Z. Zbinden, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Quantum keyless private communication under intense background noise, Physical Review A, Vol. 113, No. 2, pp. -, February, 2026,
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P. Mendes, G. T. Teixeira, D. P. Pinho, R. Rocha, P.S André, M. Niehus, R.F Faleiro, D. Rusca, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Optical payload design for downlink quantum key distribution and keyless communication using CubeSats, EPJ Quantum Technology, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. ? - ?, July, 2024,
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2Papers in Conferences

A., P.S André, P. Mendes, Go-Around prediction at LPPT based on deep learning models 3 using ADS-B and Meteorological data, The OpenSky Symposium, Norrköping, Sweden, Vol., pp. -, November, 2025 | BibTex
P.S André, G. T. Teixeira, P. Mendes, J. Senart, E. Z. C. Cruzeiro, Quantum Technology: An Emerging Technology for Intrinsic Secure Communication, The International Telecommunications Conference - ITC-EGYPT, cairo, Egypt, Vol., pp. -, July, 2024 | Full text (PDF 26 KBs) | BibTex

Projects

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
PTQCI	Portuguese Quantum Communications Infrastructure - PTQCI	EU	01-01-2023	30-06-2025
QIA	QIA – Quantum Internet Alliance	EU/H2020	01-10-2018	30-09-2021

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