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International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Surface Codes Based Quantum Networking

Ivan B. Djordjević

Published Jul 1, 2020• 2 citations
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Abstract

We propose a multipartite quantum communication network (QCN) based on surface codes (SCs). We describe how simultaneously to entangle multiple nodes in an arbitrary network topology by employing the SCs. We further describe how to extend the transmission distance between arbitrary two nodes by using the SCs as well. Finally, we describe how to operate the proposed QCN by employing the SDN concept.

DOI
10.1109/icton51198.2020.9203146

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