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Error mitigation protocol for multi-photon noise in quantum repeater chains

Yousef K. Chahine, Ian R. Nemitz, John Lekki

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

Noise from multi-photon emissions can severely limit the use of probabilistic photon sources in quantum repeater chains. We present a Bell state measurement protocol that suppresses noise from multi-pair emissions in quantum repeaters.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2023.qth4b.6

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