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Quantum-Entanglement Based QKD Security Guarantee Over QoS-Driven 3-D Satellite Networks

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA9453-14-M-0317
Agency Tracking Number: F14A-T15-0159
Amount: $149,992.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF14-AT15
Solicitation Number: 2014.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-09-19
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2015-06-17
Small Business Information
1341 South Sunkist Street
Anaheim, CA -
United States
DUNS: 801256199
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Glenn Tyler
 Senior Scientist
 (714) 772-7668
 glenn.a.tyler@tosc.com
Business Contact
 Glenn Tyler
Title: President
Phone: (714) 772-7668
Email: glenn.a.tyler@tosc.com
Research Institution
 Inst. of Optics Univ. of Rochester
 Robert W Boyd
 
308 Wilmot Building 275 Hutchison Road
Rochester, NY 14627-4627
United States

 (585) 275-2329
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

ABSTRACT: The proposed effort builds upon previous results obtained independently by the Optical Sciences Company and in collaboration with the DARPA InPho Program and other AFRL activities to develop a quantum communication system between ground links and a constellation of satellites. To address the losses in the link an advanced adaptive optics system is used to provide a robust classical channel between the transmitter and receiver. In addition the standard polarization based protocol is enhanced by using MUB states in time (or perhaps space) to improve channel capacity and security by ensuring that each detected photon carries multiple Bits of information. BENEFIT: This work will advance the state-of-art in free space quantum key distribution in particular and quantum communication in general. We propose to enhance the performance of recent ground-to-space link technology using an enhanced protocol by using sophisticated adaptive optics technology to enhance link efficiency and by utilizing time (or spatial) encoding to enhance the channel capacity. In particular this work will ensure that ground-to-space, space-to-ground and satellite constellation links will be a reality.

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