Drone-Based Quantum Key Distribution
Samantha Isaac, Andrew Conrad, Alex Hill, Kyle Herndon, Brian Wilens, Dalton W. Chaffee, Daniel Sanchez-Rosales, Roderick Cochran, Daniel J. Gauthier, Paul G. Kwiat · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics · 2020
Current QKD protocols are limited to wired point to point key exchange. Utilizing drones, we work to establish free space quantum channels. Here, we report the progress of the tracking system used on the drones.