Restoring quantum communication efficiency over high loss optical fibres
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| author | Mele, Francesco Anna Lami, Ludovico Giovannetti, Vittorio |
| author_facet | Mele, Francesco Anna Lami, Ludovico Giovannetti, Vittorio |
| contents | In the absence of quantum repeaters, quantum communication proved to be nearly impossible across optical fibres longer than $\gtrsim 20\text{ km}$ due to the drop of transmissivity below the critical threshold of $1/2$. However, if the signals fed into the fibre are separated by a sufficiently short time interval, memory effects must be taken into account. In this paper we show that by properly accounting for these effects it is possible to devise schemes that enable unassisted quantum communication across arbitrarily long optical fibres at a fixed positive qubit transmission rate. We also demonstrate how to achieve entanglement-assisted communication over arbitrarily long distances at a rate of the same order of the maximum achievable in the unassisted noiseless case. |
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| spellingShingle | Restoring quantum communication efficiency over high loss optical fibres Mele, Francesco Anna Lami, Ludovico Giovannetti, Vittorio Quantum Physics In the absence of quantum repeaters, quantum communication proved to be nearly impossible across optical fibres longer than $\gtrsim 20\text{ km}$ due to the drop of transmissivity below the critical threshold of $1/2$. However, if the signals fed into the fibre are separated by a sufficiently short time interval, memory effects must be taken into account. In this paper we show that by properly accounting for these effects it is possible to devise schemes that enable unassisted quantum communication across arbitrarily long optical fibres at a fixed positive qubit transmission rate. We also demonstrate how to achieve entanglement-assisted communication over arbitrarily long distances at a rate of the same order of the maximum achievable in the unassisted noiseless case. |
| title | Restoring quantum communication efficiency over high loss optical fibres |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.13128 |