1. Entanglement generation and routing in optical networks
- Author
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Jesus Martinez-Mateo, Bernhard Schrenk, Andreas Poppe, Florian Hipp, Vicente Martin, Alex Ciurana, and Momtchil Peev
- Subjects
Physics ,Informática ,Quantum network ,Photon ,Quantum sensor ,TheoryofComputation_GENERAL ,Physics::Optics ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Quantum entanglement ,Data_CODINGANDINFORMATIONTHEORY ,Quantum Physics ,Polarization (waves) ,Quantum cryptography ,Electronic engineering ,Computer Science::Networking and Internet Architecture - Abstract
New telecom wavelength sources of polarization entangled photon pairs allow the distribution of entanglement through metro-access networks using standard equipment. This is essential to ease the deployment of future applications that can profit from quantum entanglement, such as quantum cryptography.
- Published
- 2014