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arXiv:2303.03453 · Physical Review Research

Entangling quantum memories via heralded photonic Bell measurement

Prajit Dhara, Dirk Englund, Saikat Guha

Published Sep 1, 2023• 19 citations
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Abstract

Analytical modeling of a quantum communication link is based on a photonic swap in the middle architecture. The effect of network and hardware nonidealities on the distributed entangled state is analyzed with the density operator formalism and with implications on the choice of distillation circuits of heralded states.
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.5.033149

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