Seaworthy Quantum Key Distribution Design and Validation (SEAKEY)

Abstract

In this report we summarize the technical progress accomplished during the first quarter of the second year of the SeaKey program. Our progress stems from our year 1 work on the program executing tasks 1 and 2. The two major tasks we are executing this year, identified in figure 1, are: (1) designing a proposed implementation for a freespace QKD link optimized for operation in a naval environment and (2) calculating the achievable key rate of the aforementioned QKD link in realistic environmental conditions. This quarter we have begun in earnest the design and analysis of a homodyne receiver for implementing CV QKD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 27, 2015
Accession Number
ADA619763

Entities

People

  • Jonathan Habif

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adaptive Optics
  • Background Noise
  • Channel Models
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Contracts
  • Detectors
  • Experimental Data
  • Information Operations
  • Information Processing
  • Low Pass Filters
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Noise
  • Quantum Key Distribution
  • Repetition Rate
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Marine Ecological Systems Migration
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution