Quantum optics experiments using the International Space Station: A proposal

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Scheidl, T ^a   Wille, E ^b   Ursin, R ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADD-ON MODULE; CLASSICAL COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; VIEWING WINDOWS;

EXPERIMENTS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 84876754692     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/043008     Document Type: Article

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