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Latest comment: 9 years ago by 82.51.63.118 in topic Puzzling

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This article doesn't appear to explain why spaceflight is necessary for quantum experiments. Kortoso (talk) 19:44, 19 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

At the end of section "Secure Key Distribution" it gives the reason: you can optically "connect" two far away places on earth in a relatively undisturbed way because the photons "only" need to go twice through a few km of the (disturbing) atmosphere.82.51.63.118 (talk) 23:20, 20 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

QKD with/without entanglement

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In the article there seems to be some confusion with respect to QKD (quantum key distribution). The usual (and technically less challenging) type doesn't need entanglement, it suffices to send single photons with random polarization. Another way to make QKD is to produce pairs of entangled photons and send one of each to each party. The satellite does the latter (which ensures that the satellite itself can't possibly eavesdrop on the communication). In the article the two types of QKD are mixed up. 82.51.63.118 (talk) 23:08, 20 August 2016 (UTC)Reply