Long-Distance Quantum Communication With Entangled Photons Using Satellites

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1541-1551

  Aspelmeyer, Markus ^a   Jennewein, Thomas ^b   Pfennigbauer, Martin ^c   Leeb, Walter R ^c   Zeilinger, Anton ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Quantum communication; Quantum entanglement; Satellite applications; Space technology

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATTENUATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTONS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH;

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 1342283664     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.820918     Document Type: Article

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