Effects of cavity birefringence in polarisation-encoded quantum networks

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/ACABE0zbMATH Open1510.81027arXiv2008.11712OpenAlexW4311752070MaRDI QIDQ6042389FDOQ6042389

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Publication date: 10 May 2023

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The generation of entanglement between distant atoms via single photons is the basis for networked quantum computing, a promising route to large-scale trapped-ion and trapped-atom processors. Locating the emitter within an optical cavity provides an efficient matter-light interface, but mirror-induced birefringence within the cavity introduces time-dependence to the polarisation of the photons produced. We show that such `polarisation oscillation' effects can lead to severe loss of fidelity in the context of two-photon, polarisation encoded measurement-based remote entanglement schemes. It is always preferable to suppress these errors at source by minimising mirror ellipticity, but we propose two remedies for systems where this cannot be achieved. We conclude that even modest cavity birefringence can be detrimental to remote entanglement performance, to an extent that may limit the suitability of polarisation-encoded schemes for large-scale quantum networks.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.11712

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zbMATH Keywords

cavityquantum computingatompolarisationquantum networksionbirefringence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Entanglement measures, concurrencies, separability criteria (81P42)

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