A Sagnac-based arbitrary time-bin state encoder for quantum communication applications
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| author | Vijayadharan, Kannan Bolaños, Matías Rubén Avesani, Marco Vallone, Giuseppe Villoresi, Paolo Agnesi, Costantino |
| author_facet | Vijayadharan, Kannan Bolaños, Matías Rubén Avesani, Marco Vallone, Giuseppe Villoresi, Paolo Agnesi, Costantino |
| contents | Time-bin encoding of quantum information is highly advantageous for long-distance quantum communication protocols over optical fibres due to its inherent robustness in the channel and the possibility of generating high-dimensional quantum states. The most common implementation of time-bin quantum states using unbalanced interferometers presents challenges in terms of stability and flexibility of operation. In particular, a limited number of states can be generated without modifying the optical scheme. Here we present the implementation of a fully controllable arbitrary time-bin quantum state encoder, which is easily scalable to arbitrary dimensions and time-bin widths. The encoder presents high stability and low quantum bit error rate QBER, even at high speeds of operation. Additionally, we demonstrate phase randomization and phase encoding without additional resources. |
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| spellingShingle | A Sagnac-based arbitrary time-bin state encoder for quantum communication applications Vijayadharan, Kannan Bolaños, Matías Rubén Avesani, Marco Vallone, Giuseppe Villoresi, Paolo Agnesi, Costantino Quantum Physics Time-bin encoding of quantum information is highly advantageous for long-distance quantum communication protocols over optical fibres due to its inherent robustness in the channel and the possibility of generating high-dimensional quantum states. The most common implementation of time-bin quantum states using unbalanced interferometers presents challenges in terms of stability and flexibility of operation. In particular, a limited number of states can be generated without modifying the optical scheme. Here we present the implementation of a fully controllable arbitrary time-bin quantum state encoder, which is easily scalable to arbitrary dimensions and time-bin widths. The encoder presents high stability and low quantum bit error rate QBER, even at high speeds of operation. Additionally, we demonstrate phase randomization and phase encoding without additional resources. |
| title | A Sagnac-based arbitrary time-bin state encoder for quantum communication applications |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08971 |