Doctoral Thesis Enhanced Protocols for Satellite QKD and Their Implementation (FH)

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Votre quotidien

As part of your responsibilities you will be in charge of:

• Conducting feasibility studies and performance evaluations of the most advanced QKD protocols such as measurement-device-independent QKD for various satellite NTN use cases;

• Modeling including various auxiliary functions such as synchronization or polarization control in the context of NTN satellite networks;

• Evaluating the impact of auxiliary functions on the secret key rate performance of NTN QKD networks;

• Implementing a laboratory demonstration of enhanced QKD protocols as a proof of concept for satellite NTN use cases.

Your Profile

• You hold a Masters degree (BAC5) with a focus on physics or telecommunications.

• You have significant skills in photonics and/or quantum physics.

• You have experience in experimentation and laboratory work.

• You have a strong interest in space.

• You demonstrate rigor good analytical and synthesis abilities.

• You are proactive and propose ideas.

• Your level of English allows you to read write and speak with technical terminology.

You enjoy teamwork possess good communication skills and are recognized for your good interpersonal relationships.

WORD FROM THE TEAM / MANAGER

As part of the research team you will evolve in a particularly rich multidisciplinary industrial research environment. Within the doctoral network you will be in contact and exchange ideas with other doctoral candidates working on related topics and you will have the opportunity to be detached to internationally renowned academic laboratories such as the École Centrale de Marseille (ECM) and the Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin.