Frequency-insensitive spatiotemporal shaping of single photon in multiuser quantum network

Autor: Yiwen Huang, Zhantong Qi, Yilin Yang, Yuanhua Li, Yiwei Sun, Yongzhi Tang, Fengchao Ni, Lanting Li, Yuanlin Zheng, Xianfeng Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: npj Quantum Information, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2056-6387
DOI: 10.1038/s41534-023-00752-2
Popis: Abstract Exploiting the fundamental features of quantum mechanics, an entanglement-based quantum network offers a promising platform for many dramatic applications such as multi-user cryptography. Nevertheless, the implementation of a large-scale quantum network in real-world scenarios remains challenging owing to the multiple scattering events in complex environment, particularly those frequency-sensitive scatterings that disturb quantum correlation both spatially and temporally. Here, we demonstrate the frequency-insensitive spatiotemporal control of entangled photons in a fully connected network by leveraging a Fourier-transform setup and the genetic algorithm. Such an approach can effectively improve the entanglement distribution process through a multimode fiber while the quantum characteristic of the network can be maintained well after the spatiotemporal shaping. Our scheme can serve as a bridging technology to establish entanglement between remote nodes of spectrally interconnected quantum systems and has great potential applications in future real-world quantum networks.
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