Entanglement swapping via lossy channels using photon-number-encoded states
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| author | Zo, Wan Bilash, Bohdan Lee, Donghwa Kim, Yosep Lim, Hyang-Tag Oh, Kyunghwan Assad, Syed M. Kim, Yong-Su |
| author_facet | Zo, Wan Bilash, Bohdan Lee, Donghwa Kim, Yosep Lim, Hyang-Tag Oh, Kyunghwan Assad, Syed M. Kim, Yong-Su |
| contents | Entanglement shared between distant parties is a key resource in quantum networks. However, photon losses in quantum channels significantly reduce the success probability of entanglement sharing, which scales quadratically with the channel transmission. Quantum repeaters using entanglement swapping can mitigate this effect, but usually require high-performance photonic quantum memories to synchronize photonic qubits. In this work, we theoretically and experimentally investigate an entanglement swapping protocol using photon-number-encoded states that can effectively alleviate quantum channel losses without requiring photonic quantum memories. We demonstrate that the protocol exhibits a success probability scaling linearly with the channel transmission. Furthermore, we show that while unbalanced channel losses can degrade the shared entanglement, this effect can be compensated by optimally adjusting the initial entangled states. Our results highlight the potential of photon-number encoding for realizing robust entanglement distribution in lossy quantum networks. |
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| spellingShingle | Entanglement swapping via lossy channels using photon-number-encoded states Zo, Wan Bilash, Bohdan Lee, Donghwa Kim, Yosep Lim, Hyang-Tag Oh, Kyunghwan Assad, Syed M. Kim, Yong-Su Quantum Physics Entanglement shared between distant parties is a key resource in quantum networks. However, photon losses in quantum channels significantly reduce the success probability of entanglement sharing, which scales quadratically with the channel transmission. Quantum repeaters using entanglement swapping can mitigate this effect, but usually require high-performance photonic quantum memories to synchronize photonic qubits. In this work, we theoretically and experimentally investigate an entanglement swapping protocol using photon-number-encoded states that can effectively alleviate quantum channel losses without requiring photonic quantum memories. We demonstrate that the protocol exhibits a success probability scaling linearly with the channel transmission. Furthermore, we show that while unbalanced channel losses can degrade the shared entanglement, this effect can be compensated by optimally adjusting the initial entangled states. Our results highlight the potential of photon-number encoding for realizing robust entanglement distribution in lossy quantum networks. |
| title | Entanglement swapping via lossy channels using photon-number-encoded states |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03951 |