Communication system technology for demonstration of BB84 quantum key distribution in optical aircraft downlinks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8517, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moll, Florian ^a   Nauerth, Sebastian ^b   Fuchs, Christian ^a   Horwath, Joachim ^a   Rau, Markus ^b   Weinfurter, Harald ^b,c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft ground link; Free space optical communication; Quantum key distribution

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; AIRCRAFT-GROUND LINK; BB84 PROTOCOL; COMMUNICATION TERMINAL; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTERS; GROUND TERMINALS; INTENSITY MODULATION AND DIRECT DETECTIONS; KEY EXCHANGE; KEY GENERATION; LASER COMMUNICATION TERMINALS; LASER SOURCES; LINK DESIGN; LINK DISTANCE; NIGHT TIME; OPTICAL DATA; OPTICAL GROUND STATION; PROVABLY SECURE; TRACKING SYSTEM; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER;

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84872804978     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.929739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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