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Quantum Information Experiments with Free-Space Channels

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Quantum [Un]Speakables II

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Satellite based quantum communication is believed to be a feasible way to achieve global unconditional secure network. Here, we present several free space experiments towards this direction. We also show that the technology developed in these experiments provides a platform to test the foundation of quantum theory.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the National Fundamental Research Program (under Grant No. 2011CB921300 and 2013CB336800), the “Strategic Priority Research Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (under Grant No. XDA04020000), the NNSF of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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  1. Shanghai Branch, National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai, 201315, China

    Yuan Cao, Qiang Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Peng & Jian-Wei Pan

  2. CAS Centre for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Centre in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China

    Yuan Cao, Qiang Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Peng & Jian-Wei Pan

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Cao, Y., Zhang, Q., Peng, CZ., Pan, JW. (2017). Quantum Information Experiments with Free-Space Channels. In: Bertlmann, R., Zeilinger, A. (eds) Quantum [Un]Speakables II. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38987-5_27

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