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arXiv:0806.0945 · Europhysics news

Space-quest, experiments with quantum entanglement in space

Rupert Ursin, T. Jennewein, J. Kofler, J. M. Perdigues, L. Cacciapuoti, C. J. de Matos, M. Aspelmeyer, A. Valencia, T. Scheidl, A. Acin, C. Barbieri, G. Bianco, C. Brukner, J. Capmany, S. Cova, D. Giggenbach, W. Leeb, R. H. Hadfield, R. Laflamme, N. Lütkenhaus, Gerard J Milburn, Momtchil Peev, Timothy C. Ralph, J. Rarity, Renato Renner, Étienne Samain, N. Solomos, Wolfgang Tittel, J. P. Torres, M. Toyoshima, Arturo Ortigosa-Blanch, Valerio Pruneri, P. Villoresi, Ian A. Walmsley, Gregor Weihs, Harald Weinfurter, Marek Żukowski, Anton Zeilinger

Published May 1, 2009• 117 citations

Abstract

The European Space Agency (ESA) has supported a range of studies in the field of quantum physics and quantum information science in space for several years, and consequently we have submitted the mission proposal Space-QUEST (Quantum Entanglement for Space Experiments) to the European Life and Physical Sciences in Space Program. We propose to perform space-to-ground quantum communication tests from the International Space Station (ISS). We present the proposed experiments in space as well as the design of a space based quantum communication payload.

DOI: 10.1051/epn/2009503

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