Secure Quantum Communication Undersea Link

SEQUEL

Funded by: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)  
Calls: Science for Peace and Security (SPS)
Start date: 2018-07-12  End date: 2022-03-31
Total Budget: EUR 342.500,00  INO share of the total budget: EUR 153.000,00
Scientific manager: Zavatta Alessandro   and for INO is: Zavatta Alessandro

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Organization/Institution/Company main assignee: CNR – Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO)

other Organization/Institution/Company involved:
INRIM Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica
Università di Malta

other INO’s people involved:

Bellini Marco
Biagi Nicola
Cataliotti Francesco Saverio
Toninelli Costanza
Vagniluca Ilaria
Viciani Silvia


Abstract: Quantum key distribution is today the sole technology able to guarantee an absolutely secure solution for the cryptographic key exchange problem. Quantum key distribution, when implemented ideally, is guaranteed to be safe by the laws of quantum mechanics, and immune to eavesdropping. On the other hand, quantum key distribution is an immature, cutting-edge technology that is still being developed into a user-friendly, commercially-viable solution. This project aims to implement safe quantum communications technologies in real-world environments, by a prototypical quantum link between Italy and the island of Malta realized utilising an existing submarine telecommunication optical fibre link.

INO’s Experiments/Theoretical Study correlated:
Quantum light state engineering
Single Emitters for Quantum technologies

The Scientific Results:
1) Field trial of a three-state quantum key distribution scheme in the Florence metropolitan area
2) Efficient Time-Bin Encoding for Practical High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution