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most citedSatellite-to-ground quantum key distribution

1.8k citations · 3.8k across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2024★ 140 cited

Microsatellite-based real-time quantum key distribution

Yang Li, Wen-Qi Cai, Ji-Gang Ren +38

A quantum network provides an infrastructure connecting quantum devices with revolutionary computing, sensing, and communication capabilities. As the best-known application of a qu…

physics.ins-det2019★ 41 cited

Spaceborne low-noise single-photon detection for satellite-based quantum communications

Meng Yang, Feihu Xu, Ji-Gang Ren +9

Single-photon detectors (SPDs) play important roles in highly sensitive detection applications, such as fluorescence spectroscopy, remote sensing and ranging, deep space optical co…

quant-ph2018★ 798 cited

Satellite-relayed intercontinental quantum network

Sheng-Kai Liao, Wen-Qi Cai, Johannes Handsteiner +33

We perform decoy-state quantum key distribution between a low-Earth-orbit satellite and multiple ground stations located in Xinglong, Nanshan, and Graz, which establish satellite-t…

quant-ph2017★ 12 cited

Satellite-Based Entanglement Distribution Over 1200 kilometers

Juan Yin, Yuan Cao, Yu-Huai Li +31

Long-distance entanglement distribution is essential both for foundational tests of quantum physics and scalable quantum networks. Owing to channel loss, however, the previously ac…

quant-ph2017★ 969 cited

Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation

Ji-Gang Ren, Ping Xu, Hai-Lin Yong +29

An arbitrary unknown quantum state cannot be precisely measured or perfectly replicated. However, quantum teleportation allows faithful transfer of unknown quantum states from one…

quant-ph2017★ 1.8k cited

Satellite-to-ground quantum key distribution

Sheng-Kai Liao, Wen-Qi Cai, Wei-Yue Liu +31

Quantum key distribution (QKD) uses individual light quanta in quantum superposition states to guarantee unconditional communication security between distant parties. In practice,…