Quantum Teleportation with Telecom Photons from Remote Quantum Emitters
Abstract
The quest for a global quantum internet is based on the realization of a scalable network which requires quantum hardware with exceptional performance. Among them are quantum light sources providing deterministic, high brightness, high-fidelity entangled photons and quantum memories with coherence times in the millisecond range and above. To operate the network on a global scale, the quantum light source should emit at telecommunication wavelengths with minimum propagation losses. A cornerstone for the operation of such a quantum network is the demonstration of quantum teleportation. Here we realize full-photonic quantum teleportation employing one of the most promising platforms, i.e. semiconductor quantum dots, which can fulfill all the aforementioned requirements. Two remote quantum dots are used, one as a source of entangled photon pairs and the other as a single-photon source. The frequency mismatch between the triggered sources is erased using two polarization-preserving quantum frequency converters, enabling a Bell state measurement at telecommunication wavelengths. A post-selected teleportation fidelity of up to 0.721(33) is achieved, significantly above the classical limit, demonstrating successful quantum teleportation between light generated by distinct sources. These results mark a major advance for the semiconductor platform as a source of quantum light fulfilling a key requirement for a scalable quantum network. This becomes particularly relevant after the seminal breakthrough of addressing a nuclear spin in semiconductor quantum dots demonstrating long coherence times, thus fulfilling another crucial step towards a scalable quantum network.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.12904,
title = {Quantum Teleportation with Telecom Photons from Remote Quantum Emitters},
author = {Tim Strobel and Michal Vyvlecka and Ilenia Neureuther and Tobias Bauer and Marlon Schäfer and Stefan Kazmaier and Nand Lal Sharma and Raphael Joos and Jonas H. Weber and Cornelius Nawrath and Weijie Nie and Ghata Bhayani and Caspar Hopfmann and Christoph Becher and Peter Michler and Simone Luca Portalupi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.12904},
year = {2024}
}