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Quantum networks, which integrate multiple quantum computers and the channels connecting them, are crucial for distributed quantum information processing but remain inherently susceptible to channel noise. Channel purification emerges as a…

Layering, the protocol organization principle underpinning the classical Internet, is ill-suited to the Quantum Internet, built around entanglement, which is non-local and stateful. This paper proposes a quantum-native organizational…

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Quantum networks are expected to enhance distributed quantum computing and quantum communication over long distances while providing security dependent upon physical effects rather than mathematical assumptions. Through simulation, we show…

We propose and investigate a method to optimize recurrence entanglement purification protocols. The approach is based on a numerical search in the whole set of SU(4) matrices with the aid of a quasi-Newton algorithm. Our method evaluates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-17 Francesco Preti , Tommaso Calarco , Juan Mauricio Torres , József Zsolt Bernád

We study entanglement percolation in qubit-based planar quantum network models of arbitrary topology, where neighboring nodes are initially connected by pure states with quenched disorder in their entanglement. To address this, we develop a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-27 Andrea De Girolamo , Giuseppe Magnifico , Cosmo Lupo

We put forward a method for optimized distillation of partly entangled pairs of qubits into a smaller number of more entangled pairs by recurrent local unitary operations and projections. Optimized distillation is achieved by minimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Opatrny , G. Kurizki

Paramount for performances of quantum network applications are the structure and quality of distributed entanglement. Here we propose a scalable and efficient approach to reveal the topological information of unknown quantum networks, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Jun-Hao Wei , Xin-Yu Xu , Shu-Ming Hu , Nuo-Ya Yang , Li Li , Nai-Le Liu , Kai Chen

Multipartite entanglement plays a crucial role for the design of the Quantum Internet, due to its peculiarities with no classical counterpart. Yet, for entanglement-based quantum networks, a key open issue is constituted by the lack of an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-01 Jessica Illiano , Marcello Caleffi , Michele Viscardi , Angela Sara Cacciapuoti

Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) is a key bottleneck in scaling DSP-centric receiver architectures to multiGigabit/s speeds. Recent information-theoretic results, obtained under ideal channel conditions (perfect synchronization, no…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-12-21 Jaspreet Singh , Upamanyu Madhow

Entanglement purification allows the creation of qubit pairs of arbitrarily high fidelity with respect to a maximally entangled state, starting from a larger number of low-fidelity pairs. Purification requires quantum memory, a role for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Adrian Auer , Guido Burkard

Mixed discrete-continuous optimization is central to engineering design, where discrete choices interact with continuous fields. These problems are difficult due to high-dimensional, complex search spaces. To tackle them, Quantum Annealing…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Fabian Key , Lukas Freinberger , Mayu Muramatsu , Norbert Hosters

Water treatment and liquid storage are the two plants implementing the hydraulic three-tank system. Maintaining certain levels is the critical scenario so that the systems run as desired. To deal with, the optimal linear control and the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Bambang L. Widjiantoro , Katherin Indriawati , Moh Kamalul Wafi

We analyze how the performance of a quantum-repeater network depends on the protocol employed to distribute entanglement, and we find that the choice of repeater-to-repeater link protocol has a profound impact on communication rate as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Cody Jones , Danny Kim , Matthew T. Rakher , Paul G. Kwiat , Thaddeus D. Ladd

We consider the problem of channel estimation for uplink multiuser massive MIMO systems, where, in order to significantly reduce the hardware cost and power consumption, one-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are used at the base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-18 Feiyu Wang , Jun Fang , Hongbin Li , Shaoqian Li

Blind quantum computation (BQC) provides an efficient method for the client who does not have enough sophisticated technology and knowledge to perform universal quantum computation. The single-server BQC protocol requires the client to have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-12 Lan Zhou , Yu-Bo Sheng

In this paper, we consider the standard quantum information decoupling, in which Alice aims to decouple her system from the environment by local operations and discarding some of her systems. To achieve an $\varepsilon$-decoupling with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-22 Yu-Chen Shen , Li Gao , Hao-Chung Cheng

With the increasing use of nonlinear devices in both generation and consumption of power, it is essential that we develop accurate and quick control for active filters to suppress harmonics. Time delays between input and output are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-04 Dixant Bikal Sapkota , Puskar Neupane , Kajal Pokharel , Shahabuddin Khan

Quantum technologies are developing powerful tools to generate and manipulate coherent superpositions of different energy levels. Envisaging a new generation of energy-efficient quantum devices, here we explore how coherence can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-06 Giulio Chiribella , Yuxiang Yang

Algorithms based on non-unitary evolution have attracted much interest for ground state preparation on quantum computers. One recently proposed method makes use of ancilla qubits and controlled unitary operators to implement weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Tobias Stollenwerk , Stuart Hadfield

In quantum networks multipath entanglement purification (MEP) between a pair of source-destination nodes can substantially strengthen their entanglement connection. An efficient MEP strategy can therefore increase the size of the network…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Md Sohel Mondal , Siddhartha Santra