Drone-based quantum key distribution

Samantha Isaac; Andrew Conrad; Alex Hill; Kyle Herndon; Brian Wilens; Dalton Chaffee; Daniel Sanchez-Rosales; Roderick Cochran; Daniel Gauthier; Paul Kwiat

doi:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2020.JW2A.16

Drone-based quantum key distribution

Samantha Isaac, Andrew Conrad, Alex Hill, Kyle Herndon, Brian Wilens, Dalton Chaffee, Daniel Sanchez-Rosales, Roderick Cochran, Daniel Gauthier, Paul Kwiat

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Abstract

Current QKD protocols are limited to wired point to point key exchange. Utilizing drones, we work to establish free space quantum channels. Here, we report the progress of the tracking system used on the drones.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CLEO
Subtitle of host publication	Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2020
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781943580767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2020.JW2A.16
State	Published - May 2020
Event	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2020 - Washington, United States Duration: May 10 2020 → May 15 2020

Publication series

Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Volume	Part F181-CLEO-AT 2020
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

Conference

Conference	CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	5/10/20 → 5/15/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Isaac, S., Conrad, A., Hill, A., Herndon, K., Wilens, B., Chaffee, D., Sanchez-Rosales, D., Cochran, R., Gauthier, D., & Kwiat, P. (2020). Drone-based quantum key distribution. In CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2020 Article JW2A.16 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; Vol. Part F181-CLEO-AT 2020). Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2020.JW2A.16

Isaac, S, Conrad, A, Hill, A, Herndon, K, Wilens, B, Chaffee, D, Sanchez-Rosales, D, Cochran, R, Gauthier, D & Kwiat, P 2020, Drone-based quantum key distribution. in CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2020., JW2A.16, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, vol. Part F181-CLEO-AT 2020, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2020, Washington, United States, 5/10/20. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2020.JW2A.16

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