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Free-space quantum-key distribution with polarization compensation

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In the satellite-to-ground quantum-key distribution, the satellite motion changes the photon-polarization direction with respect to the ground constantly, and this must be compensated. We report here the experimental realization of a polarization-compensation scheme using a half-wave plate in free space that simulates a satellite-to-ground link based on a two-mirror model.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Guangyu Zhang, Siyu Song, Junlin Li, Wanying Wang & Chuan Wang

  2. Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Siyu Song, Wanying Wang & Chuan Wang

  3. College of Applied Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, 150080, China

    Guangyu Zhang

  4. School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Chuan Wang

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Zhang, G., Song, S., Li, J. et al. Free-space quantum-key distribution with polarization compensation. J Russ Laser Res 32, 579–583 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-011-9249-4

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