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Portable polarization-entangled photon source & receiver toolset for quantum network metrology

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Author(s)

Anouar Rahmouni, Thomas Gerrits, Paulina Kuo, Dileep Reddy, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang, Oliver T. Slattery

Abstract

A quantum network will consist of many physically separated nodes connected by quantum communication channels that distribute entanglement between them. Such nodes will require mechanisms for the generation, routing, and measurement of quantum states to fulfill a communication protocol between any two quantum nodes. The aim of this work is to develop portable/rack-mounted, low-cost, robust, and reliable tools that can be deployed anywhere into a quantum network testbed. The prototypes are, by-design, integrated into a 19" rack to allow for the easy deployment into anywhere with standard networking infrastructure. These prototype source and receiver systems will serve as benchmarking devices for the implementation of metrology protocols in quantum network testbeds. Measurements performed using this toolset have shown a fidelity of more than 0.98 with a polarization entanglement visibility of 0.97.
Proceedings Title
Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XX; (2022)
Volume
12238
Conference Dates
August 21-September 26, 2022
Conference Location
San Diego, CA, US
Conference Title
SPIE - Optics and Photonics 2022
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632997
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Keywords

Quantum Network Metrology
Quantum information science, Quantum communications, Next generation networks and Network test and measurement

Citation

Rahmouni, A. , Gerrits, T. , Kuo, P. , Reddy, D. , Ma, L. , Tang, X. and Slattery, O. (2022), Portable polarization-entangled photon source & receiver toolset for quantum network metrology, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XX; (2022), San Diego, CA, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632997, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935508 (Accessed October 17, 2025)

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Created October 4, 2022, Updated December 26, 2022
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