Nanosatellite experiments to enable future space-based QKD missions
Bedington, Robert and Bai, Xueliang and Truong-Cao, Edward and Tan, Yue Chuan and Durak, Kadir and Villar Zafra, Aitor and Grieve, James A and Oi, Daniel KL and Ling, Alexander (2016) Nanosatellite experiments to enable future space-based QKD missions. EPJ Quantum Technology, 3. 12. ISSN 2196-0763 (https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-016-0051-7)
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Abstract
We present a programme for establishing the space worthiness of highly-miniaturised, polarisation-entangled, photon pair sources using CubeSat nanosatellites. Once demonstrated, the photon pair sources can be deployed on more advanced satellites that are equipped with optical links to establish a global space-based quantum key distribution network. In doing so, this work will also bring experimental tests of the overlap between quantum and relativistic regimes closer to realisation.
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Item type: Article ID code: 58450 Dates: DateEvent18 October 2016Published5 October 2016AcceptedSubjects: Science > Physics Department: Faculty of Science > Physics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 03 Nov 2016 10:22 Last modified: 09 Aug 2024 00:53 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/58450