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Asia Communications and Photonics Conference

Experimental Realization of Multi-granularity Quantum Switch Node

Junjian Lan, Yongmei Sun, Yuefeng Ji

Published Jan 1, 2016• 1 citation
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Abstract

We propose a novel multi-granularity quantum switch node architecture aiming at enhancing the flexibility and reducing the size of optical cross-connect in Quantum networks. With acceptable attenuation costs, we exhibit stable and efficient operation for 24 hours. The result shows that the proposed architecture has great practical value.
DOI
10.1364/acpc.2016.af1d.4

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