Performance of Rotation-Symmetric Bosonic Codes in a Quantum Repeater Network

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Main Authors: Li, Pei-Zhe, Dias, Josephine, Munro, William J., van Loock, Peter, Nemoto, Kae, Piparo, Nicoló Lo
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Published: 2023
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author Li, Pei-Zhe
Dias, Josephine
Munro, William J.
van Loock, Peter
Nemoto, Kae
Piparo, Nicoló Lo
author_facet Li, Pei-Zhe
Dias, Josephine
Munro, William J.
van Loock, Peter
Nemoto, Kae
Piparo, Nicoló Lo
contents Quantum error correction codes based on continuous variables play an important role for the implementation of quantum communication systems. A natural application of such codes occurs within quantum repeater systems which are used to combat severe channel losses and local gate errors. In particular, channel loss drastically reduces the distance of communication between remote users. Here we consider a cavity-QED based repeater scheme to address the losses in the quantum channel. This repeater scheme relies on the transmission of a specific class of rotationally invariant error-correcting codes. We compare several rotation-symmetric bosonic codes (RSBCs) being used to encode the initial states of two remote users connected by a quantum repeater network against the convention of the cat codes and we quantify the performance of the system using the secret key rate. In particular, we determine the number of stations required to exchange a secret key over a fixed distance and establish the resource overhead.
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spellingShingle Performance of Rotation-Symmetric Bosonic Codes in a Quantum Repeater Network
Li, Pei-Zhe
Dias, Josephine
Munro, William J.
van Loock, Peter
Nemoto, Kae
Piparo, Nicoló Lo
Quantum Physics
Quantum error correction codes based on continuous variables play an important role for the implementation of quantum communication systems. A natural application of such codes occurs within quantum repeater systems which are used to combat severe channel losses and local gate errors. In particular, channel loss drastically reduces the distance of communication between remote users. Here we consider a cavity-QED based repeater scheme to address the losses in the quantum channel. This repeater scheme relies on the transmission of a specific class of rotationally invariant error-correcting codes. We compare several rotation-symmetric bosonic codes (RSBCs) being used to encode the initial states of two remote users connected by a quantum repeater network against the convention of the cat codes and we quantify the performance of the system using the secret key rate. In particular, we determine the number of stations required to exchange a secret key over a fixed distance and establish the resource overhead.
title Performance of Rotation-Symmetric Bosonic Codes in a Quantum Repeater Network
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15815