Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 11, 1127020(2025)
Anti-Loss Characteristics of Continuous-Variable All-Optical Entanglement Swapping (Invited)
Quantum entanglement swapping plays a crucial role in quantum communication by enabling entanglement establishment between two particles that have never directly interacted. For bipartite continuous-variable system, the entanglement characteristics are typically witnessed by the positivity under the partial transposition (PPT) criterion. The entanglement degree is inversely related to the smallest symplectic eigenvalue of covariance matrices-smaller values indicate stronger entanglement. This study theoretically investigates the impact of optical loss on all-optical entanglement swapping by introducing vacuum fields through beam splitters placed in light beam transmission paths to simulate experimental losses. Through theoretical calculations, we found that the all-optical channel between Claire and Bob of all-optical entanglement swapping is highly loss resistant. This work is of great significance for promoting the practical application of all-optical entanglement swapping in quantum network construction.
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Xiaolan Liu, Shengshuai Liu, Jietai Jing. Anti-Loss Characteristics of Continuous-Variable All-Optical Entanglement Swapping (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(11): 1127020
Category: Quantum Optics
Received: Mar. 25, 2025
Accepted: Apr. 28, 2025
Published Online: Jun. 17, 2025
The Author Email: Shengshuai Liu (ssliu@lps.ecnu.edu.cn), Jietai Jing (jtjing@phy.ecnu.edu.cn)
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