Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 11, 1127020(2025)

Anti-Loss Characteristics of Continuous-Variable All-Optical Entanglement Swapping (Invited)

Xiaolan Liu1, Shengshuai Liu1,4、**, and Jietai Jing1,2,3、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Joint Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi , China
  • 4Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing 401120, China
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    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

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    Paper Information

    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)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP250898

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP250898

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