Quantum Satellite Device (IMAGE)

Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore

Quantum Satellite Device

Caption

Researchers at the National University of Singapore and University of Strathclyde, UK, have launched a satellite that is testing technology for a global quantum network. This image combines a photograph of the quantum device with an artist's illustration of nanosatellites establishing a space-based quantum network.

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Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

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To be used only in reporting on the paper Zhongkan Tang et al, 'Generation and Analysis of Correlated Pairs of Photons aboard a Nanosatellite', Physical Review Applied 5, 054022 (2016)

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