scholarly journals Quantum communication capacity transition of complex quantum networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Quntao Zhuang ◽  
Bingzhi Zhang
2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (Special) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
H. Mabuchi ◽  
M. Armen ◽  
B. Lev ◽  
M. Loncar ◽  
J. Vuckovic ◽  
...  

We review an ongoing program of interdisciplinary research aimed at developing hardware and protocols for quantum communication networks. Our primary experimental goals are to demonstrate quantum state mapping from storage/processing media (internal states of trapped atoms) to transmission media (optical photons), and to investigate a nanotechnology paradigm for cavity QED that would involve the integration of magnetic microtraps with photonic bandgap structures.


Author(s):  
Lijun Ma ◽  
Xiao Tang ◽  
Oliver Slattery ◽  
Abdella Battou

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (4&5) ◽  
pp. 380-395
Author(s):  
A.W. Harrow ◽  
D.W. Leung

A unitary interaction coupling two parties enables quantum or classical communication in both the forward and backward directions. Each communication capacity can be thought of as a tradeoff between the achievable rates of specific types of forward and backward communication. Our first result shows that for any bipartite unitary gate, bidirectional coherent classical communication is no more difficult than bidirectional classical communication --- they have the same achievable rate regions. Previously this result was known only for the unidirectional capacities (i.e., the boundaries of the tradeoff). We then relate the tradeoff for two-way coherent communication to the tradeoff for two-way quantum communication and the tradeoff for coherent communication in one direction and quantum communication in the other.


Author(s):  
Venkat R Dasari ◽  
Travis S Humble

Quantum networks must classically exchange complex metadata between devices in order to carry out information for protocols such as teleportation, super-dense coding, and quantum key distribution. Demonstrating the integration of these new communication methods with existing network protocols, channels, and data forwarding mechanisms remains an open challenge. Software-defined networking (SDN) offers robust and flexible strategies for managing diverse network devices and uses. We adapt the principles of SDN to the deployment of quantum networks, which are composed from unique devices that operate according to the laws of quantum mechanics. We show how quantum metadata can be managed within a software-defined network using the OpenFlow protocol, and we describe how OpenFlow management of classical optical channels is compatible with emerging quantum communication protocols. We next give an example specification of the metadata needed to manage and control quantum physical layer (QPHY) behavior and we extend the OpenFlow interface to accommodate this quantum metadata. We conclude by discussing near-term experimental efforts that can realize SDN’s principles for quantum communication.


Quantum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Miller ◽  
Timo Holz ◽  
Hermann Kampermann ◽  
Dagmar Bruß

A potential quantum internet would open up the possibility of realizing numerous new applications, including provably secure communication. Since losses of photons limit long-distance, direct quantum communication and wide-spread quantum networks, quantum repeaters are needed. The so-called PLOB-repeaterless bound [Pirandola et al., Nat. Commun. 8, 15043 (2017)] is a fundamental limit on the quantum capacity of direct quantum communication. Here, we analytically derive the quantum-repeater gain for error-corrected, one-way quantum repeaters based on higher-dimensional qudits for two different physical encodings: Fock and multimode qudits. We identify parameter regimes in which such quantum repeaters can surpass the PLOB-repeaterless bound and systematically analyze how typical parameters manifest themselves in the quantum-repeater gain. This benchmarking provides a guideline for the implementation of error-corrected qudit repeaters.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 921-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Ying Liu ◽  
Xiao-Hui Tian ◽  
Changsheng Gu ◽  
Pengfei Fan ◽  
Xin Ni ◽  
...  

Abstract Satellites have shown free-space quantum-communication ability; however, they are orbit-limited from full-time all-location coverage. Meanwhile, practical quantum networks require satellite constellations, which are complicated and expensive, whereas the airborne mobile quantum communication may be a practical alternative to offering full-time all-location multi-weather coverage in a cost-effective way. Here, we demonstrate the first mobile entanglement distribution based on drones, realizing multi-weather operation including daytime and rainy nights, with a Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt S-parameter measured to be 2.41 ± 0.14 and 2.49 ± 0.06, respectively. Such a system shows unparalleled mobility, flexibility and reconfigurability compared to the existing satellite and fiber-based quantum communication, and reveals its potential to establish a multinode quantum network, with a scalable design using symmetrical lens diameter and single-mode-fiber coupling. All key technologies have been developed to pack quantum nodes into lightweight mobile platforms for local-area coverage, and arouse further technical improvements to establish wide-area quantum networks with high-altitude mobile communication.


2014 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Qin ◽  
Chuan Wang ◽  
Ye Cao ◽  
Gui Lu Long

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (23) ◽  
pp. eabe0395
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Proietti ◽  
Joseph Ho ◽  
Federico Grasselli ◽  
Peter Barrow ◽  
Mehul Malik ◽  
...  

Quantum networks will provide multinode entanglement enabling secure communication on a global scale. Traditional quantum communication protocols consume pair-wise entanglement, which is suboptimal for distributed tasks involving more than two users. Here, we demonstrate quantum conference key agreement, a cryptography protocol leveraging multipartite entanglement to efficiently create identical keys between N users with up to N-1 rate advantage in constrained networks. We distribute four-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states, generated by high-brightness telecom photon-pair sources, over optical fiber with combined lengths of up to 50 km and then perform multiuser error correction and privacy amplification. Under finite-key analysis, we establish 1.5 × 106 bits of secure key, which are used to encrypt and securely share an image between four users in a conference transmission. Our work highlights a previously unexplored protocol tailored for multinode networks leveraging low-noise, long-distance transmission of GHZ states that will pave the way for future multiparty quantum information processing applications.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhua Dong ◽  
Yingdan Wang ◽  
Hailin Wang

Abstract Recent advances on optical control of mechanical motion in an optomechanical resonator have stimulated strong interests in exploring quantum behaviors of otherwise classical, macroscopic mechanical systems and especially in exploiting mechanical degrees of freedom for applications in quantum information processing. In an optomechanical resonator, an optically- active mechanical mode can couple to any of the optical resonances supported by the resonator via radiation pressure. This unique property leads to a remarkable phenomenon: mechanically-mediated conversion of optical fields between vastly different wavelengths. The resulting optomechanical interfaces can play a special role in a hybrid quantum network, enabling quantum communication between disparate quantum systems. In this review, we introduce the basic concepts of optomechanical interactions and discuss recent theoretical and experimental progresses in this field. A particular emphasis is on taking advantage of mechanical degrees of freedom, while avoiding detrimental effects of thermal mechanical motion.


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