Towards real‐world quantum networks: a review

SH Wei, B Jing, XY Zhang, JY Liao… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum networks play an extremely important role in quantum information science, with
application to quantum communication, computation, metrology, and fundamental tests. One …

Quantum memories: emerging applications and recent advances

K Heshami, DG England, PC Humphreys… - Journal of modern …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Quantum light–matter interfaces are at the heart of photonic quantum technologies.
Quantum memories for photons, where non-classical states of photons are mapped onto …

Satellite-based entanglement distribution over 1200 kilometers

J Yin, Y Cao, YH Li, SK Liao, L Zhang, JG Ren, WQ Cai… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Long-distance entanglement distribution is essential for both foundational tests of quantum
physics and scalable quantum networks. Owing to channel loss, however, the previously …

[HTML][HTML] Non-classical correlations between single photons and phonons from a mechanical oscillator

R Riedinger, S Hong, RA Norte, JA Slater, J Shang… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Interfacing a single photon with another quantum system is a key capability in modern
quantum information science. It allows quantum states of matter, such as spin states of …

Superradiance for atoms trapped along a photonic crystal waveguide

A Goban, CL Hung, JD Hood, SP Yu, JA Muniz… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We report observations of superradiance for atoms trapped in the near field of a photonic
crystal waveguide (PCW). By fabricating the PCW with a band edge near the D 1 transition …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review article: Single-photon sources and detectors

MD Eisaman, J Fan, A Migdall… - Review of scientific …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We review the current status of single-photon-source and single-photon-detector
technologies operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We discuss …

Quantum internet—applications, functionalities, enabling technologies, challenges, and research directions

A Singh, K Dev, H Siljak, HD Joshi… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advanced notebooks, mobile phones, and Internet applications in today's world that we
use are all entrenched in classical communication bits of zeros and ones. Classical Internet …

Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensembles and linear optics

N Sangouard, C Simon, H De Riedmatten… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
The distribution of quantum states over long distances is limited by photon loss.
Straightforward amplification as in classical telecommunications is not an option in quantum …

The quantum internet

HJ Kimble - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Quantum networks provide opportunities and challenges across a range of intellectual and
technical frontiers, including quantum computation, communication and metrology. The …

[HTML][HTML] Optical quantum memory

AI Lvovsky, BC Sanders, W Tittel - Nature photonics, 2009 - nature.com
Quantum memory is essential for the development of many devices in quantum information
processing, including a synchronization tool that matches various processes within a …