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| author | Ren, Xiaosong Jin, Zhanping Zou, Xiaotong Zhang, Xiaole Feng, Xue Liu, Fang Cui, Kaiyu Huang, Yidong Zhang, Wei |
| author_facet | Ren, Xiaosong Jin, Zhanping Zou, Xiaotong Zhang, Xiaole Feng, Xue Liu, Fang Cui, Kaiyu Huang, Yidong Zhang, Wei |
| contents | The development of quantum internet demands on-chip quantum processor nodes and interconnection between the nodes. Path-encoded photonic qubits are suitable for on-chip quantum information processors, while time-bin encoded ones are good at long-distance communication. It is necessary to develop an on-chip converter between the two encodings to satisfy the needs of the quantum internet. In this work, a quantum photonic circuit is proposed to convert time-bin-encoded photonic qubits to path-encoded ones via a thin-film lithium niobate high-speed optical switch and low-loss matched optical delay lines. The performance of the encoding converter is demonstrated by the experiment of time-bin to path encoding conversion on the fabricated sample chip. The converted path qubits have an average fidelity higher than 97%. The potential of the encoding converter on applications in quantum networks is demonstrated by the experiments of entanglement distribution and quantum key distribution. The results show that the on-chip encoding converter can serve as a foundational component in the future quantum internet, bridging the gap between quantum information transmission and on-chip processing based on photons. |
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| spellingShingle | On-chip Time-bin to Path Qubit Encoding Converter via Thin Film Lithium Niobate Photonics Chip Ren, Xiaosong Jin, Zhanping Zou, Xiaotong Zhang, Xiaole Feng, Xue Liu, Fang Cui, Kaiyu Huang, Yidong Zhang, Wei Quantum Physics The development of quantum internet demands on-chip quantum processor nodes and interconnection between the nodes. Path-encoded photonic qubits are suitable for on-chip quantum information processors, while time-bin encoded ones are good at long-distance communication. It is necessary to develop an on-chip converter between the two encodings to satisfy the needs of the quantum internet. In this work, a quantum photonic circuit is proposed to convert time-bin-encoded photonic qubits to path-encoded ones via a thin-film lithium niobate high-speed optical switch and low-loss matched optical delay lines. The performance of the encoding converter is demonstrated by the experiment of time-bin to path encoding conversion on the fabricated sample chip. The converted path qubits have an average fidelity higher than 97%. The potential of the encoding converter on applications in quantum networks is demonstrated by the experiments of entanglement distribution and quantum key distribution. The results show that the on-chip encoding converter can serve as a foundational component in the future quantum internet, bridging the gap between quantum information transmission and on-chip processing based on photons. |
| title | On-chip Time-bin to Path Qubit Encoding Converter via Thin Film Lithium Niobate Photonics Chip |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16350 |