2021/10/12 by Dan Cogan, Zu-En Su, Cogan, Dan +4 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum optics and atomic interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2110.05908
openalex publication_date 2021/10/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Measurement-based quantum communication relies on the availability of highly entangled multi-photon cluster states. The inbuilt redundancy in the cluster allows communication between remote nodes using repeated local measurements, compensating for photon losses and probabilistic Bell-measurements. For feasible applications, the cluster generation should be fast, deterministic, and its photons - indistinguishable. We present a novel source based on a semiconductor quantum-dot device. The dot confines a heavy-hole, precessing in a finely tuned external weak magnetic field while periodically excited by a sequence of optical pulses. Consequently, the dot emits indistinguishable polarization-entangled photons, where the field strength optimizes the entanglement. We demonstrate Gigahertz rate deterministic generation of >90% indistinguishable photons in a cluster state with more than 10 photons characteristic entanglement-length.