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Characterization of a Turbulent Atmosphere Simulator for Qubits Testbed

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Article

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5-23-2025

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We developed a laboratory-scale testbed to simulate atmospheric turbulence effects and to investigate the role of turbulence on the quantum information content of a free-space qubit transport. We report the development, characterization, and calibration of the testbed for the statistical parameters of the turbulence employing two phase screens, which produced weak to strong turbulence replicating long distances in the atmosphere for single photon propagation. By taking a long-exposure image of the point-spread function of a pinhole and analyzing the associated modulation transfer function, we measured a D/r0 ranging from 1.04 to 23.27. Using irradiance fluctuations, we measured an on-axis scintillation index ranging from 0.25 to 2.02. The TASQ was designed to integrate a biphoton source, along with a single photon detection module to test the effect of turbulence on qubit transport. The calibrated setup will provide critical data for field experiments involving long-distance quantum networks. Abstract © Optica.

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This article is part of the Applied Optics Institutional Focus Issue of Applied Optics, Air Force Institute of Technology

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Applied Optics (ISSN 1559-128X | eISSN 2155-3165)

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