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Transmission of light-matter entanglement over a metropolitan network

Samuele Grandi, Jelena V. Rakonjac, Sören Wengerowsky, Dario Lago-Rivera, Félicien Appas, Hugues de Riedmatten

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report entanglement between a multimode quantum memory and a photon, after propagation in metropolitan fiber links. The detection setup is then placed in a remote location and detection signals are sent back through fibers.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2023.qm4c.3

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