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arXiv:2102.13596 · PRX Quantum

Reconfigurable Quantum Local Area Network Over Deployed Fiber

Muneer Alshowkan, Brian P. Williams, Philip G. Evans, Nageswara S.V. Rao, Emma M. Simmerman, Hsuan‐Hao Lu, Navin B. Lingaraju, Andrew M. Weiner, Claire E. Marvinney, Yun-Yi Pai, Benjamin J. Lawrie, Nicholas A. Peters, Joseph M. Lukens

Published Oct 6, 2021• 118 citations
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Abstract

Three distinct campus buildings are connected using time-synchronized signals and flex-grid entanglement distribution, leading to the first deployed fiber network demonstration of remote state preparation.
DOI
10.1103/prxquantum.2.040304

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