Hyperentangled Time-Bin and Polarization Quantum Key Distribution

Hyperentangled Time-Bin and Polarization Quantum Key Distribution Fiber-based quantum communication networks are currently limited without quantum repeaters. Satellite-based quantum links have been proposed to extend the network domain. We develop a quantum communication system, suitable for realistic satellite-to-ground communication. With this system, we execute an entanglement-based quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol developed by Bennett, Brassard, and Mermin (BBM92), achieving quantum ...