Entanglement demonstration onboard a nano-satellite

Aitor Villar, Alexander Lohrmann, Xueliang Bai, Tom Vergoosen, Robert Bedington, Chithrabahnu Perumangatt, Huai Ying Lim, Tanvirul Islam, Ayesha Reezwana, Zhongkan Tang, Rakhitha Chandrasekara, Subash Sachidananda, Kadir Durak, Christoph F. Wildfeuer, Douglas Griffin, Daniel K. L. Oi, Alexander Ling*

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Abstract

Polarization entangled photon-pairs are generated and detected onboard a 3U CubeSat in low-Earth orbit that violate Bell’s inequality with a CHSH parameter of 2.60 ± 0.06. These results pave the way for space-based quantum networks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuantum 2.0 2020
Place of PublicationWashington, D.C.
ISBN (Electronic)9781557528209
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sept 2020
EventOSA Quantum 2.0 Conference, QUANTUM 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 14 Sept 202017 Sept 2020

Conference

ConferenceOSA Quantum 2.0 Conference, QUANTUM 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period14/09/2017/09/20

Keywords

  • quantum networks
  • satellites
  • quantum entanglement
  • photon-pairs
  • low-Earth orbit

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