Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 21, Issue 6, 1628(2013)

ATP technology for 100-kilometer quantum entanglement distribution experiment

QI Bo1...2,3,*, CHEN Hong-bin1,2, REN Ge1,2, HUANG Yong-mei1,2, DING Ke1,2, and MA Jia-guang12 |Show fewer author(s)
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    Acquiring, tracking and pointing(ATP) technique in a 100 km quantum entanglement distribution experiment was introduced in detail. By taking a 700 mm telescope at Alice receiving terminal as an example, the technological specification, light path layout, and tracking accuracy of the ATP system were analyzed. In order to reduce the angle-of-arrival fluctuations of quantum information transmission beams and beacon beams caused by air turbulence, a cascade acquisition and tracking system with coarse tracking, fine tracking and a ultra-fine loop was designed and a dual fast-steering mirror tracking algorithm was proposed. On the basis of a higher frame frequency CMOS detector and a piezoelectric fast -steering mirror, the ultra-fine tracking circuit was developed. Experiments show that these methods solve the contradiction between tracking dynamic range and tracking accuracy, promote the performance of the detector and improve band width and tracking accuracy. The system was used in a ground 100 km quantum entanglement distribution experiment and the results indicate that the tracking error of the system is 4 μrad for a 70 Hz bandwidth.

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    QI Bo, CHEN Hong-bin, REN Ge, HUANG Yong-mei, DING Ke, MA Jia-guang. ATP technology for 100-kilometer quantum entanglement distribution experiment[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2013, 21(6): 1628

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    Received: Jan. 10, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 1, 2013

    The Author Email: Bo QI (qibo@ioe.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/ope.20132106.1628

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