Industrial Doctoral Landscape Awards (IDLA) PhD Studentship in Satellite Quantum Communications

PhD Studentship in Satellite Quantum Communications

Quantum-secured networks (QSNs) harness the principles of quantum mechanics to distribute encryption keys using single photons, delivering security that is theoretically unbreakable. While QSNs are already deployed in metropolitan fibre networks, their scalability is constrained by the need for direct optical links between nodes. Satellite-based quantum key distribution (QKD) offers a transformative solution to extend these networks globally, but achieving this requires compact, robust, and power-efficient quantum hardware.

Toshiba Europe Ltd has been at the forefront of quantum technology research for over two decades, pioneering breakthroughs in quantum key distribution (QKD), record-setting communication bit rates, and miniaturisation of quantum systems onto photonic chips. Toshiba QKD ...