Long-distance free-space quantum key distribution in daylight towards inter-satellite communication

By Shengkai Liao, Hai-Lin Yong, C. Liu, Guoliang Shentu, Dong-Dong Li, Jin Lin, Hui Dai, Shuang-Qiang Zhao, Bo Li, Jian-Yu Guan and 15 more. Nature Photonics, 2017

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Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Development of Quantum Interconnects (QuICs) for Next-Generation Information Technologies (2021, neutral): “Nevertheless, many of these challenges have been overcome in a series of free-space quantum communication demonstrations, between mountains [52], [53], over water [54] within cities [55]–[57], from airplanes [58], balloons, and drones [59] and even using satellites in low-earth orbit [6”
Advances in quantum cryptography (2019, positive): “The possibility of a daylight use in intersatellite communication was supported by a study on the ground [355].”
Secure quantum key distribution with realistic devices (2020, background): “2 (Color online) Schematic diagram of the space-ground integrated quantum network in China (Chen et al., 2019b), consisting of four quantum metropolitan area networks in the cities of Beijing, Jinan, Shanghai, and Heifei, a backbone network over 2000 km, and ground-satellite links.”
Progress in satellite quantum key distribution (2017, background): “A possible, but challenging, solution to this is to perform DV-QKD at other wavelengths with alternative detectors [49], or – if suitable light sources can be found – at the wavelengths of the Fraunhofer lines, the narrow absorp-”