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Quantum communication demands efficient distribution of quantum entanglement across a network of connected partners. The search for efficient strategies for the entanglement distribution may be based on percolation theory, which describes…

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Sharing logical entangled pairs between distant quantum nodes is a key process to achieve fault tolerant quantum computation and communication. However, there is a gap between current experimental specifications and theoretical requirements…

At the core of the quantum Internet lie quantum repeaters that enable remote end-to-end entanglement generation. Fundamentally, the entanglement generation rate and fidelity of quantum repeaters constitute the bottleneck for end-to-end…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Karim S. Elsayed , Amr Rizk

Quantum entanglement is a building block of the entangled quantum networks of the quantum Internet. A fundamental problem of the quantum Internet is entanglement distribution. Since quantum entanglement will be fundamental to any future…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-02 Laszlo Gyongyosi , Sandor Imre

We study entanglement distribution in quantum complex networks where nodes are connected by bipartite entangled states. These networks are characterized by a complex structure, which dramatically affects how information is transmitted…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-18 Martí Cuquet , John Calsamiglia

Entanglement shared between distant parties is a key resource in quantum networks. However, photon losses in quantum channels significantly reduce the success probability of entanglement sharing, which scales quadratically with the channel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-08 Wan Zo , Bohdan Bilash , Donghwa Lee , Yosep Kim , Hyang-Tag Lim , Kyunghwan Oh , Syed M. Assad , Yong-Su Kim

Coordination in distributed systems is often hampered by communication latency, which degrades performance. Quantum entanglement offers fundamentally stronger correlations than classically achievable without communication. Crucially, these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Francisco Ferreira da Silva , Stephanie Wehner

The key requirement for quantum networking is the distribution of entanglement between nodes. Surprisingly, entanglement can be generated across a network without direct transfer - or communication - of entanglement. In contrast to…

Entanglement purification is a very important element for long-distance quantum communication. Different from all the existing entanglement purification protocols (EPPs) in which two parties can only obtain some quantum systems in a mixed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-03-15 Yu-Bo Sheng , Fu-Guo Deng

Quantum entanglement shared by remote network nodes serves as a valuable resource for promising applications in distributed computing, cryptography, and sensing. However, distributing entanglement with high-quality via fiber optic routes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-02 Liangzhong Ruan , Brian T. Kirby , Michael Brodsky , Moe Z. Win

The evolution of quantum networking requires architectures capable of dynamically reconfigurable entanglement distribution to meet diverse user needs and ensure tolerance against transmission disruptions. We introduce multihop quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Muneer Alshowkan , Joseph M. Lukens , Hsuan-Hao Lu , Nicholas A. Peters

We conduct a numerical investigation of fiber-based entanglement distribution over distances of up to 1600km using a chain of processing-node quantum repeaters. We determine minimal hardware requirements while simultaneously optimizing over…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-21 Adrià Labay-Mora , Francisco Ferreira da Silva , Stephanie Wehner

Quantum networks with bipartite resources and shared randomness present the simplest infrastructure for implementing a future quantum internet. Here, we shall investigate which kinds of entanglement can or cannot be generated from this kind…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-13 Xiang Zhou , Zhen-Peng Xu , Liang-Liang Sun , Chunfeng Wu , Sixia Yu

The development of quantum networks (QNs) relies on efficient mechanisms for distributing entanglement among multiple quantum users (QUs) under practical system constraints. This paper investigates the problem of entanglement rate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Kavini Thenuwara , Shiva Kazemi Taskooh , Ekram Hossain

Entanglement is a key resource of quantum science for tasks that require it to be shared among participants. Within atomic, condensed matter and photonic many-body systems the distribution and sharing of entanglement is of particular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-16 Xiao-Feng Qian , Miguel A. Alonso , J. H. Eberly

Crucial problems of the quantum Internet are the derivation of stability properties of quantum repeaters and theory of entanglement rate maximization in an entangled network structure. The stability property of a quantum repeater entails…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-12 Laszlo Gyongyosi , Sandor Imre

Entanglement swapping is a fundamental protocol in quantum information processing that enables the distribution of entanglement between distant quantum systems. In this work, we first extend the concept of entanglement swapping to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-04 S. M. Zangi , Chitra Shukla , Khalid Naseer , Saeed Haddadi

Transmitting unknown quantum states to distant locations is crucial for distributed quantum information protocols. The seminal quantum teleportation scheme achieves this feat while requiring prior maximal entanglement between the sender and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-25 Arkaprabha Ghosal , Jatin Ghai , Tanmay Saha , Sibasish Ghosh , Mir Alimuddin

In this paper, we consider the problem of entanglement verification across the quantum memories of any two nodes of a quantum network. Its solution can be a means for detecting (albeit not preventing) the presence of intruders that have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-17 Michele Amoretti , Stefano Carretta

Entanglement distribution is a key functionality of the Quantum Internet. However, quantum entanglement is very fragile, easily degraded by decoherence, which strictly constraints the time horizon within the distribution has to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Angela Sara Cacciapuoti , Jessica Illiano , Michele Viscardi , Marcello Caleffi