Bright Source of High-Dimensional Temporal Entanglement

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Autori principali: Schiffer, Dorian, Kindler, Robert, Bergmayr-Mann, Alexandra, Kanitschar, Florian, Babazadeh, Amin, Erker, Paul, Huber, Marcus, Zeilinger, Anton
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Schiffer, Dorian
Kindler, Robert
Bergmayr-Mann, Alexandra
Kanitschar, Florian
Babazadeh, Amin
Erker, Paul
Huber, Marcus
Zeilinger, Anton
author_facet Schiffer, Dorian
Kindler, Robert
Bergmayr-Mann, Alexandra
Kanitschar, Florian
Babazadeh, Amin
Erker, Paul
Huber, Marcus
Zeilinger, Anton
contents High-dimensional entanglement is considered to hold great potential for quantum key distribution (QKD) in high-loss and -noise scenarios. To harness its robustness, we construct a source for high-dimensional time-bin entangled photons optimized for high brightness, low complexity, and long-term stability. We certify the generated high-dimensional entanglement with a new witness employing nested Franson interferometry. Finally, we obtain key rates using a novel, noise-resilient QKD protocol. Our flexible evaluation method, centered around discretizations of the time stream, enables the same dataset to be processed while varying parameters such as state dimensionality and time bin length, allowing optimization of performance under given environmental conditions. Our results indicate regions within the accessible parameter space where high key rates per time are achievable for dimensionalities larger than two.
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spellingShingle Bright Source of High-Dimensional Temporal Entanglement
Schiffer, Dorian
Kindler, Robert
Bergmayr-Mann, Alexandra
Kanitschar, Florian
Babazadeh, Amin
Erker, Paul
Huber, Marcus
Zeilinger, Anton
Quantum Physics
High-dimensional entanglement is considered to hold great potential for quantum key distribution (QKD) in high-loss and -noise scenarios. To harness its robustness, we construct a source for high-dimensional time-bin entangled photons optimized for high brightness, low complexity, and long-term stability. We certify the generated high-dimensional entanglement with a new witness employing nested Franson interferometry. Finally, we obtain key rates using a novel, noise-resilient QKD protocol. Our flexible evaluation method, centered around discretizations of the time stream, enables the same dataset to be processed while varying parameters such as state dimensionality and time bin length, allowing optimization of performance under given environmental conditions. Our results indicate regions within the accessible parameter space where high key rates per time are achievable for dimensionalities larger than two.
title Bright Source of High-Dimensional Temporal Entanglement
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07678