A compact entanglement distillery

Details A compact entanglement distillery A compact entanglement distillery

2011-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/1107.4122v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 060502, (2012)

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 + 3 figures, 5 + 4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.060502

Large-scale quantum-correlated networks could transform technologies ranging from communications and cryptography to computation, metrology, and simulation of novel materials. Critical to achieving such quantum enhancements is distributing high-quality entanglement between distant nodes. This is made possible in the unavoidable presence of decoherence by entanglement distillation. However, current versions of this protocol are prohibitively costly in terms of resources. We introduce a new scheme for continuous-variable entanglement distillation that requires only linear temporal and constant physical or spatial resources, both of which are exponential improvements over existing protocols. Our scheme uses a fixed module - an entanglement distillery - comprising only four quantum memories of at most 50 % storage efficiency and allowing a feasible experimental implementation. Tangible quantum advantages are obtained by using non-ideal quantum memories outside their conventional role of storage. By creating, storing and processing information in the same physical space, the scheme establishes a potentially valuable technique for designing stable, scalable protocols across different quantum technologies.

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