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Precision synchronization is vital for robust long-distance quantum networking over fiber and free-space channels for which high-fidelity entanglement swapping between separate sources via an optical Bell state measurement requires temporal overlap of photonic qubits arriving from either source. This challenge is particularly distinct in satellite-based entanglement distribution in which relative motion, channel effects, and propagation delay must be addressed. This talk will describe recent progress on developing and testing a precision synchronization method for free space entanglement distribution in a dual-uplink architecture in which photons from entanglement sources at two ground locations interact in an optical Bell-state measurement implemented on a satellite in a low-earth orbit. The control approach uses independent entanglement sources at each ground location supplemented with a synchronization signal for feedback control from a timing discriminant measured at the spacecraft.
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