Automated discovery of high-dimensional multipartite entanglement with photons that never interacted

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Main Authors: Arlt, Sören, Krenn, Mario, Gu, Xuemei
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author Arlt, Sören
Krenn, Mario
Gu, Xuemei
author_facet Arlt, Sören
Krenn, Mario
Gu, Xuemei
contents Quantum entanglement across spatially separated network nodes is conventionally established through the distribution of photons from a common source or via entanglement swapping that relies on Bell-state measurements and pre-shared entanglement. Path identity, where the emission origins of photons from different sources are made indistinguishable, offers an alternative route. We show that this mechanism enables complex multipartite, high-dimensional, and even logical entanglement between remote nodes whose photons never interacted. Our schemes require neither direct photon interaction, pre-shared entanglement, nor Bell-state measurements, highlighting a distinct resource for distributed quantum communication and computation. All of the solutions were discovered automatically using highly efficient computational design tools, indicating the potential for scientific inspiration from computational algorithms.
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spellingShingle Automated discovery of high-dimensional multipartite entanglement with photons that never interacted
Arlt, Sören
Krenn, Mario
Gu, Xuemei
Quantum Physics
Quantum entanglement across spatially separated network nodes is conventionally established through the distribution of photons from a common source or via entanglement swapping that relies on Bell-state measurements and pre-shared entanglement. Path identity, where the emission origins of photons from different sources are made indistinguishable, offers an alternative route. We show that this mechanism enables complex multipartite, high-dimensional, and even logical entanglement between remote nodes whose photons never interacted. Our schemes require neither direct photon interaction, pre-shared entanglement, nor Bell-state measurements, highlighting a distinct resource for distributed quantum communication and computation. All of the solutions were discovered automatically using highly efficient computational design tools, indicating the potential for scientific inspiration from computational algorithms.
title Automated discovery of high-dimensional multipartite entanglement with photons that never interacted
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10707