Some small scale implementations of currently known algorithms could be interesting. They implemented Shor's factorization algorithm for factoring 15 to 3 and 5.
I think this is the article of implementation: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v414/n6866/abs/414883a.html
Another possible topic: "Challenges in implementing practical systems for quantum computing, cryprography and distribution of quantum keys". See the following article for QKD: DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602941