Abstract:
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The project aims at developing new photonic transmitters for quantum
cryptography applications which could be used to increase the security of
communication networks. The transmitter will be designed to generate security keys
at a speed up to 100 Mb/s, two orders of magnitude larger than the state-of-the-art
sources. The whole transmitter, with the optical and electronic parts integrated, will
have a reduced size and power consumption. In addition, space-qualified optoelectronic
devices will be used, so that the final prototype will be ready for satellites and future
European Space Agency (ESA) missions. |