3 papers
quant-ph2025
Improving Free-Space Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Adaptive Optics
Mikhael T. Sayat, Marcus Birch, Michael Copeland +6
A significant performance inhibitor of free-space continuous variable quantum key distribution (CVQKD) is turbulence, which gives rise to wavefront phase and amplitude aberrations.…
astro-ph.IM2024
Update on the German and Australasian Optical Ground Station Networks
Nicholas J. Rattenbury, Joseph Ashby, Francis Bennet +22
Networks of ground stations designed to transmit and receive at optical wavelengths through the atmosphere offer an opportunity to provide on-demand, high-bandwidth, secure communi…
eess.SP2024
Optical turbulence profiling at the Table Mountain Facility with the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration GEO downlink
Marcus Birch, Sabino Piazzolla, Preston Hooser +3
We report the first measurement of the atmospheric optical turbulence profile using the transmitted beam from a satellite laser communication terminal. A Ring Image Next Generation…