Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
Futuristic applications of quantum EPR states
Fabrizio Tamburini, C. Barbieri, Antonio Bianchini, S. Ortolani
Abstract
The Physics of Quantum Information is getting mature enough, in the laboratory and in ground based applications, to consider the possibility of future Space extensions. The nonlocal properties of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entangled states might define a new frontier both in the field of remote communications and in the astronomical detectors of the new generation. Here we present: (1) a communication technique based on the use of entangled pairs in polarization states, organized in bunches with precise statistically correlated distributions. (2) In addition we briefly discuss the conceptual development of gravitational wave (GW) detectors based on Quantum Entangled STate (QUEST) technology.