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The quantum Internet envisions a network where information is transmitted through entanglement, with Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) pairs serving as one of the fundamental carriers. In this work, we propose a framework for dimensioning…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Lorenzo Valentini , Diego Forlivesi , Andrea Talarico , Marco Chiani

Entanglement distillation is a process via which the strength and purity of quantum entanglement can be increased probabilistically. It is a key step in many quantum communication and computation protocols. In particular, entanglement…

The faithful distribution of entanglement over noisy channels is a vital prerequisite for many quantum technological applications. Quantum information can be encoded in different degrees of freedom (DOF) of photons, where each encoding…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-07 Sebastian Ecker , Philipp Sohr , Lukas Bulla , Rupert Ursin , Martin Bohmann

In the Quantum Internet, multipartite entanglement enables a rich and dynamic overlay topology, referred to as artificial topology, upon the physical one, that can be exploited for communication purposes. In fact, the ability to extract…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-30 Si-Yi Chen , Angela Sara Cacciapuoti , Marcello Caleffi

Building large-scale quantum computers, essential to demonstrating quantum advantage, is a key challenge. Quantum Networks (QNs) can help address this challenge by enabling the construction of large, robust, and more capable quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Xiaojie Fan , Caitao Zhan , Himanshu Gupta , C. R. Ramakrishnan

Shared entanglement is a resource available to parties communicating over a quantum channel, much akin to public coins in classical communication protocols. Whereas shared randomness does not help in the transmission of information, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-22 Ashwin Nayak , Julia Salzman

We present a method for quantum entanglement distribution over a so-called code-division-multiple-access network, in which two pairs of users share the same quantum channel to transmit information. The main idea of this method is to use…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Chang-long Zhu , Nan Yang , Yu-xi Liu , Franco Nori , Jing Zhang

The exploitation of quantum coherence at the level of propagation represents a powerful paradigm for quantum communication networks. In this work, we show that the coherent superposition of spatially distinct communication links enables…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Claudio Pellitteri , Rajiuddin Sk , Marcello Caleffi , Angela Sara Cacciapuoti

Transmission of quantum entanglement will play a crucial role in future networks and long-distance quantum communications. Quantum Key Distribution, the working mechanism of quantum repeaters and the various quantum communication protocols…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-08 Laszlo Gyongyosi

Quantum information theory is a multidisciplinary field whose objective is to understand what happens when information is stored in the state of a quantum system. Quantum mechanics provides us with a new resource, called quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-25 Nicolas Dutil

Characterizing the ultimate rates of entanglement distribution is essential for both foundational research and the practical deployment of quantum technologies. To investigate these limits, we introduce an erasure-Pauli channel model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 Stefano Pirandola

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…

In this work we consider a quantum network consisting of nodes and entangled states connecting the nodes. In evrey node there is a single player. The players at the intermediate nodes carry out measurements to produce an entangled state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-21 Sk Sazim , Indranil Chakrabarty

Distributed quantum information processing is a promising platform for scaling up quantum information processing, where small- and intermediate-scale quantum devices are connected by a network of quantum channels for communicating quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-26 Hayata Yamasaki

We approach two interconnected problems of quantum information processing in networks: Conference key agreement and entanglement distillation, both in the so-called source model where the given resource is a multipartite quantum state and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Farzin Salek , Andreas Winter

Channel capacities quantify the optimal rates of sending information reliably over noisy channels. Usually, the study of capacities assumes that the circuits which sender and receiver use for encoding and decoding consist of perfectly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-15 Paula Belzig , Matthias Christandl , Alexander Müller-Hermes

We consider the problem of multi-path entanglement distribution to a pair of nodes in a quantum network consisting of devices with non-deterministic entanglement swapping capabilities. Multi-path entanglement distribution enables a network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Gayane Vardoyan , Emily van Milligen , Saikat Guha , Stephanie Wehner , Don Towsley

Quantum entanglement is a form of correlation between quantum particles that has now become a crucial part in quantum information and communication science. For example, it has been shown to enable or enhance quantum processing tasks such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-20 Tanjung Krisnanda

Entanglement-based networks (EBNs) enable general-purpose quantum communication by combining entanglement and its swapping in a sequence that addresses the challenges of achieving long distance communication with high fidelity associated…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-07 David Pérez Castro , Juan Fernández-Herrerín , Ana Fernández-Vilas , Manuel Fernández-Veigaa , Rebeca P. Díaz-Redondo

We investigate resource allocation for quantum entanglement distribution over an optical network. We characterize and model a network architecture that employs a single broadband quasi-deterministic time-frequency heralded…

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