Towards a global quantum network

2017/10/15 by Christoph Simon · 4 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Open quantum system #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum entanglement #Quantum information #Quantum information science #Quantum mechanics #Quantum network #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Quantum sensor #Quantum technology #The Internet #World Wide Web #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.other #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s41566-017-0032-0

published as Nature Photonics 11, 678-680 (2017) · 4 pages, 1 figure, commentary for Nature Photonics, unedited version

openalex publication_date 2017/10/15 · arxiv created 2017/10/31 · arxiv updated 2017/11/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

The creation of a global quantum network is within reach combining satellite links and quantum memory based approaches. Applications will range from secure communication and fundamental physics experiments to a future quantum internet.

Citations

• Experimental loophole-free violation of a Bell inequality using entangled electron spins separated by 1.3 km
• An elementary quantum network of single atoms in optical cavities
• Experimental Demonstration of Blind Quantum Computing
• Quantum teleportation between remote atomic-ensemble quantum memories
• Entanglement-based quantum communication over 144 km
• Highly multimode storage in a crystal
• Quantum teleportation across a metropolitan fibre network
• Quantum teleportation with independent sources and prior entanglement distribution over a network
• Satellite-based entanglement distribution over 1200 kilometers
• Satellite-to-ground quantum key distribution

Cited by

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• Experimental decoy-state Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum key distribution through a turbulent channel
• Achieving ultimate noise tolerance in quantum communication
• Compiler Design for Distributed Quantum Computing
• When Entanglement Meets Classical Communications: Quantum Teleportation for the Quantum Internet