Guarantees on the structure of experimental quantum networks
Abstract
Quantum networks connect and supply a large number of nodes with multi-party quantum resources for secure communication, networked quantum computing and distributed sensing. As these networks grow in size, certification tools will be required to answer questions regarding their properties. In this work we demonstrate a general method to guarantee that certain correlations cannot be generated in a given quantum network. We apply quantum inflation methods to data obtained in quantum group encryption experiments, guaranteeing the impossibility of producing the observed results in networks with fewer optical elements. Our results pave the way for scalable methods of obtaining device-independent guarantees on the network structure underlying multipartite quantum protocols.
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@article{arxiv.2403.02376,
title = {Guarantees on the structure of experimental quantum networks},
author = {Andrés Ulibarrena and Jonathan W. Webb and Alexander Pickston and Joseph Ho and Alessandro Fedrizzi and Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.02376},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
9+9 pages, 3+6 figures, RevTeX 4.2. The computational appendix is available at https://www.github.com/apozas/network-certification. V2: Updated to match published version