Data underlying the publication "Satellite-assisted Entanglement Distribution with High-Dimensional Photonic Encoding"

Code and data for the results shown in the paper "Satellite-assisted Entanglement Distribution with High-Dimensional Encoding". This physics paper presents a satellite-based protocol to simultaneously distribute multiple entangled pairs between two ground stations using high-dimensional photonics in the source. By operating the SPDC source as a source of time-bin encoded photonic qudits, simultaneous distribution of multiple entangled pairs between the ground stations can be achieved at a significantly higher rate than if the SPDC sources was operated as a source of photonic qubits. We find that for achievable coherence times of several seconds and demonstrated satellite performances from the Micius satellite, the qudit operation leads to several orders of magnitude faster distribution rates than the qubit-based operation when more than one event-ready high-quality entangled pair is desired.<br>The dataset includes the Python code for the model presented in the paper, as well as the simulation data used in the figures of the manuscript.<br>Please see the README.txt file for intructions on how to reproduce the figures.