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arXiv:2409.17558 · Newton

Entanglement distribution over 155 km metropolitan fiber using a CMOS-compatible silicon chip

Jinyi Du, Xingjian Zhang, George F. R. Chen, Hongwei Gao, Dawn T. H. Tan, Alexander Ling

Published Nov 18, 2025• 10 citations
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Abstract

Transmitting entangled states over long distances is crucial for developing quantum networks. Previous demonstrations using satellites or fibers relied on photon pairs generated from bulk crystal arrangements. Polarization entanglement distribution based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible silicon chips has long been restricted to lab-scale demonstrations spanning only a few meters due to the difficulty of achieving sufficient off-chip brightness. Here, we report a silicon chip platform that provides an off-chip entangled photon pair brightness ranging from 8,000 to 460,000 pairs per second, exceeding previous reports by 3 orders of magnitude. The entanglement fidelity reaches 99.85(6)% and 97.90(3)%, respectively. After addressing key challenges in long-distance entanglement distribution over deployed fiber, including phase drift and chromatic dispersion, entangled photons were successfully distributed over 155 km (66 dB loss). These results demonstrate that CMOS-compatible silicon chips can perform competitively with bulk crystal sources and represent an important step toward scalable, chip-based quantum networks.

DOI
10.1016/j.newton.2025.100303

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