Drone- and Vehicle-Based Quantum Key Distribution
Andrew Conrad Roderick Cochran Grzegorz Golba Akash Gutha Brian Wilens Kyle Herndon Joseph Szabo Aodhan Corrigan Lars Kamin Norbert Lütkenhaus Daniel Sanchez-Rosales Samantha Isaac Timur Javid Tahereh Rezaei A. J. Schroeder Alex Hill Joseph Chapman Ian Call Daniel J. Gauthier Paul G. Kwiat
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Abstract
Quantum key distribution is a point-to-point communication protocol that leverages quantum mechanics to enable secure information exchange. Commonly, the transmitter and receiver stations are at fixed locations, and the single-photon quantum states are transmitted over fiber or free space. Here, we describe a modular, platform-agnostic, quantum key distribution transmitter and receiver with reduced size, weight, and power consumption to realize a mobile quantum communication system. We deploy the system on different moving platforms, demonstrating drone-to-drone, drone-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-vehicle quantum communication, achieving secure key rates in the finite-key regime in the range of 1.6 - 20 kbps. To prove the security of the system, we develop advanced physics models of the devices that account for non-ideal behaviors that are of greater importance in mobile platforms. The modular system can be easily upgraded to include sources of entangled photonic quantum states, which will find application in future quantum networks.引用本文复制引用
Andrew Conrad,Roderick Cochran,Grzegorz Golba,Akash Gutha,Brian Wilens,Kyle Herndon,Joseph Szabo,Aodhan Corrigan,Lars Kamin,Norbert Lütkenhaus,Daniel Sanchez-Rosales,Samantha Isaac,Timur Javid,Tahereh Rezaei,A. J. Schroeder,Alex Hill,Joseph Chapman,Ian Call,Daniel J. Gauthier,Paul G. Kwiat.Drone- and Vehicle-Based Quantum Key Distribution[EB/OL].(2026-08-24)[2026-09-01].https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17587.学科分类
航空航天技术/无线通信
