I am aware that of the difference of Adiabatic Quantum Computing (AQC) and Quantum Annealing (QA) as explained here. However, another term which came up in some papers was Adiabatic Quantum Optimization (AQO). Where does AQO fit in among AQC and QA? It seems that it is another name for QA and is...

A lot of the tutorials on BB84 protocol talks about these two measurement bases, 'Rectilinear' or 'Vertical-Horizontal' and 'Diagonal'. I understand that it is possible to create a physical device that would be able to measure a qubit in both vertical and horizontal direction, or in other words, ...