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Rerouting in Quantum Wrapper Networks by Monitoring Single-Photon Level Noise

Mehmet Berkay On, Roberto Proietti, Gamze Gül, Gregory S. Kanter, Prem Kumar, S. J. Ben Yoo

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate routing polarization-entangled photon payloads multiplexed with classical datagram headers. Our testbed quantum network guarantees >77% interference visibility as a quality of transmission metric by monitoring single-photon level noise due to coexisting classical traffic.
DOI
10.1364/ofc.2025.m4e.7

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