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Continuous variable payload transmitter for the SPOQC mission
Abstract
The continuous variable (CV) quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme enables two parties to share a secret key separated by a certain distance. Here we propose, design, build, test and show results of a CV payload transmitter, intended to demonstrate downlink based QKD from a CubeSat in low earth orbit. This is part of the SPOQC mission by Quantum Communications Hub, UK which was successfully launched on March 2026.
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BibTeX
@misc{rao2026continuous,
title = {{Continuous variable payload transmitter for the SPOQC mission}},
author = {Vinod N. Rao and Killian Murphy and Timothy Ayers and Fadi Ahwal and Timothy P. Spiller and Rupesh Kumar},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.07861},
eprint = {2611.07861},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.07861},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Continuous variable payload transmitter for the SPOQC mission
AU - Vinod N. Rao
AU - Killian Murphy
AU - Timothy Ayers
AU - Fadi Ahwal
AU - Timothy P. Spiller
AU - Rupesh Kumar
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/05
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.07861
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.07861
AB - The continuous variable (CV) quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme enables two parties to share a secret key separated by a certain distance. Here we propose, design, build, test and show results of a CV payload transmitter, intended to demonstrate downlink based QKD from a CubeSat in low earth orbit. This is part of the SPOQC mission by Quantum Communications Hub, UK which was successfully launched on March 2026.
ER -