Tuesday, October 12, 2021
A satellite to test in-orbit laser annealing was sent into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) today, marking an important step towards the realization of secure quantum communication using satellites and a global quantum internet.
University of Waterloo professor Thomas Jennewein from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and a member of the Institute for Quantum Computing collaborated with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to design, build and test the “Cool Annealing Payload Satellite (CAPSat)” that will perform in-orbit tests and annealing of single-photon detectors based on silicon avalanche photo diodes.
Read more about Quantum detectors laser-healed in space.