Experimental verification of the feasibility of a quantum channel between space and Earth

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Villoresi, P ^a   Jennewein, T ^b   Tamburini, F ^a   Aspelmeyer, M ^b,c   Bonato, C ^a   Ursin, R ^c   Pernechele, C ^d   Luceri, V ^e   Bianco, G ^f   Zeilinger, A ^b,c   Barbieri, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e e GOES SpA   (Italy)

^f ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; KETONES; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; ORBITS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUANTUM OPTICS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; GROUND-BASED; ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY; LASER RANGING; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LOE); OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; PERIGEE HEIGHT; QUANTUM CHANNELS; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION (QC); QUANTUM PHYSICS; RETRO-REFLECTORS; SINGLE PHOTON SOURCES; SPACE ENVIRONMENTS;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 46249109047     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/3/033038     Document Type: Article

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