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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Connecting two multipartite entangled states by entanglement swapping

Xiaolong Su, Caixing Tian, Xiaowei Deng, Qiang Li, Changde Xie, Kunchi Peng

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the connection of two multipartite entangled states by quantum entanglement swapping. The results provide a feasible technical reference for constructing more complicated quantum networks.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2017.fw1f.5

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