10/20/2023 0 Comments Capsat uiuc![]() ![]() Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty member Thomas Jennewein and the Quantum Photonics Lab (QPL) research group at the University of Waterloo 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. 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.
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