Detailed Performance Analysis of the Proposed QEYSSAT Quantum Receiver Satellite
Brendon L. Higgins, Jean-Philippe Bourgoin, Nikolay Gigov, Evan Meyer-Scott, Zhizhong Yan, Thomas D. Jennewein · 2012
Transmission losses limit quantum key distribution (QKD) to distances of only a few hundred kilometres. We investigate performance aspects of the QEYSSAT proposal to demonstrate global QKD using a microsatellite as a trusted quantum receiver.