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Power-consumption back door in quantum key distribution

Published in Physical Review Applied, 2025

This paper reports a side-channel attack on a QKD system using power-consumption data from the FPGA driving its electro-optical modulators.

Recommended citation: Lopes da Costa, B., Bolaños, M. R., Chaves, R., Narduzzi, C., Avesani, M., Marangon, D. G., Stanco, A., Vallone, G., Villoresi, P., & Omar, Y. (2025). Power-consumption back door in quantum key distribution. Physical Review Applied, 24(5), 54004. https://doi.org/10.1103/f92x-c3zj
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Teaching assistant - Computing and Programming

Undergraduate course, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2023

Teaching assistant for the Computing and Programming course for first-year students in Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering. Awarded the “Outstanding Teaching Diploma” by the University for my performance as a TA.

Teaching Assistant – Classical Electrodynamics

Undergraduate Course, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 2025

Teaching assistant for the Classical Electrodynamics course, from the Department of Physics, for third-year students in Engineering Physics.