Self-tuning electronic controller of the satellite quantum entanglement generator

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Smart growth - PL - ERDF (2014PL16RFOP001), managing authority: Ministerstwo obsługujące ministra właściwego ds. rozwoju regionalnego. The source names no beneficiary for this operation. Location: Trójmiejski (NUTS PL633); Poland. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 1,747,493.59; EU co-financing EUR 1,279,911.18 (co-financing rate 73.24%), as stated by the source. Runs 2019-06-01 to 2023-09-30. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS). Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): The subject of the project is the development of an electronic system to control and control the operation of a satellite optical module that generates photon pairs entangled in polarisations (product innovation in the world). The device will be dedicated to work on the QKD satellite in orbit of LEO and/or GEO. A key technological advantage will be to ensure the automation of the control system and to increase the quality of the generated pair of entangled photons over the entire envisaged mission period of the satellite (10 years) with regard to solutions currently available in the quantum communications sector. The basic parameters of the new electronic module will be: • High value of Bella parameter (determining the quality of confusion): at least 2,3 (the solution in the Micius satellite can reach 2,37 but the error is ± 0,09); • Increased fidelity of the state generated with respect to the expected 1 (the higher the value of the coefficient, the better the quality of the quantum key received by the ground station): at least 0.95 (95 %) (Micius satellite solution: 0,869 (86,9 %); solution in Galassia satellite: 0,97 (97 %) – an intra-satellite experiment; • Low cryptographic key error (Quantum Bit Error Rate, QBER): at most 3 % (solution in Micius satellite: 1-3 %). The optical alignment time will be <10 minutes (using a self-calibration algorithm). The new product will allow efficient distribution of the quantum key from orbit, allowing encryption and transfer of different types of data in such a way as to guarantee the highest possible level of security and confidentiality. Communication using QKD will be possible in all sectors, including government, financial, medical, trade/logistics sectors.

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AI-assisted summary: The project focuses on developing an electronic controller for a satellite quantum entanglement generator, co-funded by the EU with a budget of EUR 1,747,493.59. It runs from June 1, 2019, to September 30, 2023, in Trójmiejski, Poland. Suggested technology pillar: communication. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.