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Scalable Entangled Photon Generation using a Spin in a C-Band Quantum Dot

Petros Laccotripes, Tina Müller, D. A. Ritchie, Mark R. Stevenson

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

On-demand entanglement generation between stationary and propagating qubits directly in the telecom C-band is crucial for quantum networks. For the first time we demonstrate high-fidelity spin-photon entanglement, a key ingredient of multiphoton cluster-state generation protocols.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2025.qm3b.5

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