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Frontiers in Optics

A Quantum Repeater based on Spectral Multiplexing

Wolfgang Tittel

Published Jan 1, 2015• 0 citations
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Abstract

Future quantum networks will require quantum repeaters to distribute entangled photons. I will present a quantum repeater architecture based on spectral multiplexing, detail system performance, and describe some recent experimental key results towards its implementation.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2015.fth3d.1

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