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| author | Suciu, S. Bulzan, G. A. Isdraila, T. A. Palici, A. M. Ataman, S. Kusko, C. Ionicioiu, R. |
| author_facet | Suciu, S. Bulzan, G. A. Isdraila, T. A. Palici, A. M. Ataman, S. Kusko, C. Ionicioiu, R. |
| contents | Quantum communications bring a paradigm change in internet security by using quantum resources to establish secure keys between parties. Present-day quantum communications networks are mainly point-to-point and use trusted nodes and key management systems to relay the keys. Future quantum networks, including the quantum internet, will have complex topologies in which groups of users are connected and communicate with each-other. Here we investigate several architectures for quantum communication networks. We show that photonic orbital angular momentum (OAM) can be used to route quantum information between different nodes. Starting from a simple, point-to-point network, we will gradually develop more complex architectures: point-to-multipoint, fully-connected and entanglement-distribution networks. As a particularly important result, we show that an $n$-node, fully-connected network can be constructed with a single OAM sorter and $n-1$ OAM values. Our results pave the way to construct complex quantum communication networks with minimal resources. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum communication networks with optical vortices Suciu, S. Bulzan, G. A. Isdraila, T. A. Palici, A. M. Ataman, S. Kusko, C. Ionicioiu, R. Quantum Physics Quantum communications bring a paradigm change in internet security by using quantum resources to establish secure keys between parties. Present-day quantum communications networks are mainly point-to-point and use trusted nodes and key management systems to relay the keys. Future quantum networks, including the quantum internet, will have complex topologies in which groups of users are connected and communicate with each-other. Here we investigate several architectures for quantum communication networks. We show that photonic orbital angular momentum (OAM) can be used to route quantum information between different nodes. Starting from a simple, point-to-point network, we will gradually develop more complex architectures: point-to-multipoint, fully-connected and entanglement-distribution networks. As a particularly important result, we show that an $n$-node, fully-connected network can be constructed with a single OAM sorter and $n-1$ OAM values. Our results pave the way to construct complex quantum communication networks with minimal resources. |
| title | Quantum communication networks with optical vortices |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04798 |