Generation and analysis of correlated pairs of photons on a satellite

Tang Zhongkan; Rakhitha Chandrasekara; Yue Chuan Tan; Cliff Cheng; Daniel Oi; Alexander Ling

doi:10.1364/FIO.2016.FTh4F.5

Generation and analysis of correlated pairs of photons on a satellite

Tang Zhongkan
, Rakhitha Chandrasekara
, Yue Chuan Tan
, Cliff Cheng
, Daniel Oi
, Alexander Ling^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Physics

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Abstract

We report the operation of a photon pair source on board a nanosatellite. Pair generation and polarization correlation are demonstrated in low Earth orbit: an important milestone towards compact entangled photon pair sources for future space-based quantum communication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Frontiers in Optics
Place of Publication	Washington, DC
Publisher	The Optical Society
ISBN (Print)	9781943580194
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2016.FTh4F.5
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2014
Event	Frontiers in Optics 2016 - Rochester, United States Duration: 17 Oct 2016 → 21 Oct 2016

Conference

Conference	Frontiers in Optics 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Rochester
Period	17/10/16 → 21/10/16

Keywords

nanosatellite
pair generation
photon pair source

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