Engineers achieve first airplane to ground quantum key distribution exchange
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 05:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—A team of German physicists has successfully demonstrated an ability to perform quantum key distribution (QKD) exchange between an airplane in flight and a ground station, paving the way perhaps to the same kinds of communications between satellites and ground stations which could lead to a global quantum based secure communications network. The team presented their results at the QCrypt convention this past week.