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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 39: Posters: Quantum Optics and Photonics III
Q 39.43: Poster
Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 16:30–18:30, Empore Lichthof
Development of a QKD satellite ground station — •Bastian Hacker1, Conrad Rößler1,2, Kevin Günthner1,2, Ömer Bayraktar1,2, Jonas Pudelko1,2, Kevin Jaksch1,2, Imran Khan1,2, Gerd Leuchs1,2, and Christoph Marquardt1,2 — 1Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Staudtstraße 2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany — 2Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstraße 7/B2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) holds the promise of enabling provable secure communication. In today's efforts based on optical transmission, the challenge is to handle significant transmission losses. Complementary to fiber-based QKD with trusted nodes or quantum repeaters, satellite-based QKD systems [1] for large-distance communication are being developed. To this end, a European quantum satellite will be implemented, capable of secure quantum key exchange with a ground station. We present the project status and highlight some of the technical requirements to operate such a system under real-world conditions.
[1] I. Khan et al., Opt. Photonics News 29(2), 26-33 (2018)