arXiv:2507.01834

On-chip photon entanglement-assisted topology loading and transfer

Haoqi Zhao, Zhang, Yichi, Isaac M. Nape, Wu, Shuang, Yaoyang Ji, Chenjie Zhang, Yijie Shen, Andrew Forbes, Feng, Liang

Published Jul 2, 2025• 1 citation

Abstract

Topological protection offers a robust solution to the challenges of noise and loss in physical systems. By integrating topological physics into optics, loading and encoding quantum states into topological invariants can provide resilience to information systems in the face of environmental disruptions. Here, we demonstrate on-chip loading and entanglement-assisted transfer of photon topology, where the topological structure is coherently encoded in a single-photon spin-textured quantum state, which can be transferred, through entanglement distribution, into a non-local quantum-correlated topology shared between two entangled photons. Throughout the transfer process, the topology remains protected against substantial background noise as well as isotropic and anisotropic disturbances, while quantum correlations persist. Our framework for loading and transferring topology is compatible with quantum teleportation when ancillary photons are introduced, thereby promising the development of distributed quantum systems with inherently secure and protected information channels. This approach serves as a step toward building robust quantum interconnects and advancing distributed quantum information technology mediated by topology.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.01834

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