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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

A trusted-node-free eight-user metropolitan quantum communication network

Siddarth Koduru Joshi, Djeylan Aktas, Sören Wengerowsky, FMartin Loncaric, Sebastian Philipp Neumann, Bo Liu, Thomas Scheidl, Željko Samec, Laurent Kling, Alex Qiu, Mario Stipčević, John Rarity, Rupert Ursin

Published Jan 1, 2020• 5 citations
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Abstract

Complex quantum networks are vital for quantum technologies. Entanglement based networks are the most versatile in terms of supported applications (including beyond just quantum communication). Here we present an 8 user city wide entanglement network.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2020.sth4g.1

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