Abstract
The purpose of this project is to improve the techniques of Quantum Cryptography, to realize a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in free space with an orbiting satellite using nowadays technology. With this experiment we characterize the properties of a single photon communication channel from an orbiting satellite in space to a ground based station. We used the facilities of the ASI laser ranging station MLRO (Matera) and the satellite for geodesy Lageos I, equipped with corner-cube retroreflectors, to simulate a single photon transmission from an orbiting satellite. © 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. Boston.
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Barbieri, C., Cariolaro, G., Occhipinti, T., Pernechele, C., Tamburini, F., & Villoresi, P. (2005). Qspace project: Quantum cryptography in space. In Optical Communication Theory and Techniques (pp. 45–52). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23136-6_6
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