Quantum networks play an extremely important role in quantum information science, with
application to quantum communication, computation, metrology, and fundamental tests. One …

Future quantum networks will enable the distribution of entanglement between distant
locations and allow applications in quantum communication, quantum sensing and …

An optical quantum memory is a device that can store photonic quantum information and
release it after a controlled time. It is an essential component for overcoming channel losses …

Owing to the inevitable loss in communication channels, the distance of entanglement
distribution is limited to approximately 100 kilometres on the ground. Quantum repeaters can …

Quantum networks provide a prospective paradigm to connect separated quantum nodes,
which relies on the distribution of long-distance entanglement and active feedforward control …

Entanglement between photons at telecommunication wavelengths and long-lived quantum
memories is one of the fundamental requirements of long-distance quantum communication …

We argue that long optical storage times are required to establish entanglement at high
rates over large distances using memory-based quantum repeaters. Triggered by this …

Entanglement distribution over quantum networks has the promise of realizing
fundamentally new technologies. Entanglement between separated quantum processing …

The deployment of a full-fledged quantum internet poses the challenge of finding adequate
building blocks for entanglement distribution between remote quantum nodes. A practical …

Extended quantum networks are based on quantum repeaters that often rely on the
distribution of entanglement in an efficient and heralded fashion over multiple network …