Statistical limits for entanglement swapping with semiconductor entangled photon sources

verfasst von
Jingzhong Yang, Michael Zopf, Pengji Li, Nand Lal Sharma, Weijie Nie, Frederik Benthin, Tom Fandrich, Eddy P. Rugeramigabo, Caspar Hopfmann, Robert Keil, Oliver G. Schmidt, Fei Ding
Abstract

Semiconductor quantum dots are promising building blocks for quantum communication applications. Although deterministic, efficient, and coherent emission of entangled photons has been realized, implementing a practical quantum repeater remains outstanding. Here we explore the statistical limits for entanglement swapping with sources of polarization-entangled photons from the commonly used biexciton-exciton cascade. We stress the necessity of tuning the exciton fine structure, and explain why the often observed time evolution of photonic entanglement in quantum dots is not applicable for large quantum networks. We identify the critical, statistically distributed device parameters for entanglement swapping based on two sources. A numerical model for benchmarking the consequences of device fabrication, dynamic tuning techniques, and statistical effects is developed, in order to bring the realization of semiconductor-based quantum networks one step closer to reality.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Abt. Atomare und molekulare Strukturen (ATMOS)
Institut für Festkörperphysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW) e.V.
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Technische Universität Dresden
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Physical Review B
Band
105
ISSN
2469-9950
Publikationsdatum
23.06.2022
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Elektronische, optische und magnetische Materialien, Physik der kondensierten Materie
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.235305 (Zugang: Offen)