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Optical Fiber Communication Conference

A Dynamic Multi-Protocol Entanglement Distribution Quantum Network

R. Wang, Obada Alia, M. J. Clark, Sima Bahrani, Siddarth Koduru Joshi, Djeylan Aktas, George Theodore Kanellos, Matej Peranić, Martin Lončarić, Mario Stipčević, John Rarity, Reza Nejabati, Dimitra E. Simeonidou

Published Jan 1, 2022• 24 citations
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Abstract

We implement a six-user quantum communication network utilising a quantum-enabled ROADM for flexible and on-demand allocation of entanglement across different users. This allows dynamic networking for multiple quantum protocols.
DOI
10.1364/ofc.2022.th3d.3

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