Multi-frequency entanglement router system

Reinhard Erdmann; David Hughes

doi:10.1117/12.2262525

8 May 2017 Multi-frequency entanglement router system

Reinhard Erdmann, David Hughes

Proceedings Volume 10193, Ultrafast Bandgap Photonics II; 1019317 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262525
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

A high performance free-space Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) transceiver system is assessed as to its viability for routing collinear entangled photons in place of the classical optical signals for which it was designed. Explicit calculations demonstrate that entanglement in the input state is retained through transit of the system without intrinsic loss. Introducing spatial degrees of freedom changed the entanglement so that it could be manifested at remote locations, as required in non-local Bell test measurements or Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Protocols. It was also found that by adding proper components, the exit state could be changed from being frequency entangled to polarization entangled, with respect to the (remote) paths of the photons. Finally it was found possible to route a complete entangled state to either of the two remote users by proper selection of the discrete frequencies in the input state. Each entanglement in the photon states was maximal, hence suited for Quantum Information Processing (QIP) applications.

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Reinhard Erdmann and David Hughes "Multi-frequency entanglement router system", Proc. SPIE 10193, Ultrafast Bandgap Photonics II, 1019317 (8 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2262525

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