Designing quantum repeaters and networks

William J. Munro; Simon J. Devitt; Kae Nemoto

doi:10.1117/12.892883

6 September 2011 Designing quantum repeaters and networks

William J. Munro, Simon J. Devitt, Kae Nemoto

Proceedings Volume 8163, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX; 816307 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892883
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the paper we will discuss the design of a long range quantum repeater network and the components required to realize it. We being by first reviewing the general approaches taken for distributing entanglement over long ranges and identify general limitations caused by such approaches. We present a new entanglement generation scheme that permits the near deterministic establishment of entangled links between nearest neighbor repeater nodes and can be used to construct an arbitrary topology quantum network. The creation rate is shown at worst to be a function of the maximum distance between any two adjacent quantum repeaters rather than of the entire length of the network.

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William J. Munro, Simon J. Devitt, and Kae Nemoto "Designing quantum repeaters and networks", Proc. SPIE 8163, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging IX, 816307 (6 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892883

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