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Quantum networks rely on the efficient distribution of entanglement to enable long-distance quantum communication and information processing. A key challenge in these networks is the design of routing protocols capable of maintaining high…

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Recent developments of quantum information science critically rely on entanglement, an intriguing aspect of quantum mechanics where parts of a composite system can exhibit correlations stronger than any classical counterpart. In particular,…

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With the advent of the construction and deployment of entanglement-based quantum networks, the efficient use of network resources will become a critical challenge for the scalable operation of such a system. Recently, architectures that…

Detecting coherence transfer in complex quantum networks can be challenging due to uncharacterized experimental conditions and limited system access. Here, we use static and dynamic coherence features to introduce a nonlinear criterion for…

Quantum networking is an emerging area with the potential to transform information processing and communications. In this paper, we present a brief introduction to quantum network control, an area in quantum networking dedicated to…

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Distributed quantum sensing can provide quantum-enhanced sensitivity beyond the shot-noise limit (SNL) for sensing spatially distributed parameters. To date, distributed quantum sensing experiments have been mostly accomplished in…

Quantum networks can enhance both security and privacy conditions for multi-user communication, delegated computation, and distributed sensing tasks. An example quantum protocol is private parameter estimation (PPE) where only the aggregate…

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a crucial technology for information security in the future. Developing simple and efficient ways to establish QKD among multiple users are important to extend the applications of QKD in communication…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Xu Liu , Xin Yao , Rong Xue , Heqing Wang , Hao Li , Zhen Wang , Lixing You , Xue Feng , Fang Liu , Kaiyu Cui , Yidong Huang , Wei Zhang

Distributing entanglement to distant parties in a network is a central task in quantum information processing and quantum networking. The sensitivity of entangled states to loss necessitates the use of entanglement routing strategies.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Xin-An Chen , Caitao Zhan , Joaquin Chung , Jeffrey Larson

Entanglement is a key property in the development of quantum technologies and in the study of quantum many-body simulations. However, entanglement measurement typically requires quantum full-state tomography (FST). Here we present a neural…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-20 Yulei Huang , Liangyu Che , Chao Wei , Feng Xu , Xinfang Nie , Jun Li , Dawei Lu , Tao Xin

Efficient generation and high-quality distribution of entanglement is becoming increasingly more relevant in the field of quantum technologies, with important applications such as multiparty computation as well as quantum key distribution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Martin Achleitner , Alessandro Trenti , Philip Walther , Hannes Hübel

Presence of harmful noise is inevitable in entanglement-enhanced sensing systems, requiring careful allocation of resources to optimize sensing performance in practical scenarios. We advocate a simple but effective strategy to improve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Allen Zang , Tian-Xing Zheng , Peter C. Maurer , Frederic T. Chong , Martin Suchara , Tian Zhong

A key goal of quantum communication is to determine the maximum number of bits shared between two quantum systems. An important example of this is in entanglement based quantum key distribution (QKD) schemes. A realistic treatment of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Thomas Brougham , Stephen M. Barnett

A quantum network is constructed via maximum entangled coherent states. The possibility of using this network to achieve communication between multi-participants is investigated. We showed that the probability of teleported unknown state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. El Allati , Y. Hassouni , N. Metwally

We investigate the problem of determining the parameters that describe a quantum channel. It is assumed that the users of the channel have at best only partial knowledge of it and make use of a finite amount of resources to estimate it. We…

We propose a theoretical scheme for quantum enhanced distributed network sensing, targeting multiphase estimation by leveraging multiple quantum resources. Specifically, we investigate the performance advantage in a distributed quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Rui Zhang , Zi-Yu Zhou , Wen-Quan Yang , Ya-Feng Jiao , Xun-Wei Xu , Le-Man Kuang

The calibration of a quantum channel, i.e. the determination of the transmission losses affecting it, is definitely one of the principal objectives in both the quantum communication and quantum metrology frameworks. Another task of the…

Distributed quantum networks are not merely information conduits but intricate systems that embody the principles of quantum mechanics. In our study, we examine the underlying mechanisms of quantum connectivity within a distributed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Mst Shapna Akter , Md. Shazzad Hossain Shaon , Tasmin Karim , Md. Fahim Sultan , Emran Kanaan

Networks of quantum sensors are a central application of burgeoning quantum networks. A key question for the use of such networks will be their security, particularly against malicious participants of the network. We introduce a protocol to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-01 Nathan Shettell , Majid Hassani , Damian Markham

Quantum networks (QNs) distribute entangled states to enable distributed quantum computing and sensing applications. However, in such QNs, quantum switches (QSs) have limited resources that are highly sensitive to noise and losses and must…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-16 Mahdi Chehimi , Kenneth Goodenough , Walid Saad , Don Towsley , Tony X. Zhou