Experimental quantum key distribution with simulated ground-to-satellite photon losses and processing limitations
Jean‐Philippe Bourgoin, Nikolay Gigov, Brendon L. Higgins, Zhizhong Yan, Evan Meyer-Scott, Amir Keyvan Khandani, Norbert Lütkenhaus, Thomas D. Jennewein · Physical Review A · 2015
Significant challenges for secure data transmission at a global scale are addressed in an experiment that emulates quantum cryptography over satellite links. Feasible key-exchange rates are quantified in a realistic implementation which includes all steps of a decoy-based protocol.