Quantum communications at ESA: Towards a space experiment on the ISS

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作者
Armengol, Josep Maria Perdigues
Furch, Bernhard
de Matos, Clovis Jacinto [1 ]
Minster, Olivier
Cacciapuoti, Luigi
Pfennigbauer, Martin
Aspelmeyer, Markus [2 ]
Jennewein, Thomas [3 ]
Ursin, Rupert [2 ]
Schmitt-Manderbachf, Tobias
Baister, Guy
Rarity, John [4 ]
Leeb, Walter [5 ]
Barbieri, Cesare [6 ]
Weinfurter, Harald
Zeilinger, Anton [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] ESA, HQ, F-75738 Paris 15, France
[2] Univ Vienna, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
[3] Austrian Acad Sci, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
[4] Univ Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England
[5] Vienna Univ Technol, Vienna, Austria
[6] Univ Padua, I-35100 Padua, Italy
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D O I
10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.12.039
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
The European Space Agency (ESA) has supported since 2002-in the frame of its General Studies Programme-several studies in the field of quantum communications for space systems. As a result of these studies, a European research consortium led by Prof. Zeilinger (Vienna University) submitted the mission proposal Space-QUEST ("QUantum Entanglement for Space ExperimenTs") to the European Life and Physical Sciences in SI)ace Programme of ESA, aiming at a quantum communications space-to-ground experiment from the International Space Station (ISS). This paper will present the achievements of the ESA studies on quantum communications and discuss the programmatic roadmap and the proposed technology development activities for the implementation of the proposed Space-QUEST experiment on-board the ISS. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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