On the error analysis of quantum repeaters with encoding

Losses of optical signals scale exponentially with the distance. Quantum repeaters are devices that tackle these losses in quantum communication by splitting the total distance into shorter parts. Today two types of quantum repeaters are subject of research in the field of quantum information: Those...

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Published inApplied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 122; no. 3; pp. 1 - 15
Main Authors Epping, Michael, Kampermann, Hermann, Bruß, Dagmar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2016
Subjects
Devices
Engineering
Error analysis
Lasers
Networks
Optical communication
Optical Devices
Optics
Photonics
Physical Chemistry
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Optics
Quantum phenomena
Quantum Repeaters: From Components to Strategies
Repeaters
Splitting
Entangle State
Logical Qubits
Quantum Repeater
Repeater Station
Forward Error Correction
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Summary:Losses of optical signals scale exponentially with the distance. Quantum repeaters are devices that tackle these losses in quantum communication by splitting the total distance into shorter parts. Today two types of quantum repeaters are subject of research in the field of quantum information: Those that use two-way communication and those that only use one-way communication. Here we explain the details of the performance analysis for repeaters of the second type. Furthermore we compare the two different schemes. Finally we show how the performance analysis generalizes to large-scale quantum networks.
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ISSN:0946-2171
1432-0649
DOI:10.1007/s00340-015-6314-7