Quantum key distribution (QKD) based on entangled photon pairs holds the potential for repeater-based quantum networks connecting clients over long distance. We demonstrate long-distance entanglement distribution by means of polarisation-entangled photon pairs through two successive deployed 96 km-long telecommunications fibres in the same submarine cable. One photon of each pair was detected directly after the source, while the other travelled the fibre cable in both directions for a total distance of 192 km and attenuation of 48 dB. The observed two-photon Bell state exhibited a fidelity 85 ± 2% and was stable over several hours. We employed neither active stabilisation of the quantum state nor chromatic dispersion compensation for the fibre.
Passively stable distribution of polarisation entanglement over 192 km of deployed optical fibre / Wengerowsky, Sören; Joshi, Siddarth Koduru; Steinlechner, Fabian; Zichi, Julien R.; Liu, Bo; Scheidl, Thomas; Dobrovolskiy, Sergiy M.; Molen, René van der; Los, Johannes W. N.; Zwiller, Val; Versteegh, Marijn A. M.; Mura, Alberto; Calonico, Davide; Inguscio, Massimo; Zeilinger, Anton; Xuereb, André; Ursin, Rupert. - In: NPJ QUANTUM INFORMATION. - ISSN 2056-6387. - 6:1(2020). [10.1038/s41534-019-0238-8]
Passively stable distribution of polarisation entanglement over 192 km of deployed optical fibre
Mura, Alberto;Calonico, Davide;Inguscio, Massimo;
2020
Abstract
Quantum key distribution (QKD) based on entangled photon pairs holds the potential for repeater-based quantum networks connecting clients over long distance. We demonstrate long-distance entanglement distribution by means of polarisation-entangled photon pairs through two successive deployed 96 km-long telecommunications fibres in the same submarine cable. One photon of each pair was detected directly after the source, while the other travelled the fibre cable in both directions for a total distance of 192 km and attenuation of 48 dB. The observed two-photon Bell state exhibited a fidelity 85 ± 2% and was stable over several hours. We employed neither active stabilisation of the quantum state nor chromatic dispersion compensation for the fibre.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
