Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Telecom Quantum Network Node via Atom-Nanophotonic Coupling

Noah Glachman, Shankar G. Menon, Yuzhou Chai, Kevin Singh, Alan Dibos, Johannes Borregaard, Hannes Bernien

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations

Abstract

We propose neutral atoms coupled to telecom nanophotonic cavities as quantum network nodes. Our novel protocol for generating atom-telecom photon entanglement enables a scalable network architecture featuring identical qubits and direct telecom operation.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_qels.2022.ff4a.3

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