| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/J00815X/1 |
| Title: |
The Solid State Quantum Network |
| Principal Investigator: |
Rudolph, Professor TG |
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| Department: |
Physics |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
01 October 2011 |
Ends: |
30 September 2014 |
Value (£): |
188,894
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| Electronic Devices & Subsys. |
Optoelect. Devices & Circuits |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
Quantum communication, the transfer of quantum superposition states over long
distances, is presently limited to about 200km (both in optical fibre and free space) due to
unavoidable photon absorption losses. This research aims to extend this
distance using "entanglement swapping" and "teleportation". By
concatenating short entanglement swapping sub-sections it is in principle possible to
generate entangled (correlated) bits over very long distances with bit rate only limited by the
losses in one short section. If realised this would extend quantum communication
applications such as quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation out to distances of
thousands of kilometres.
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http://www.imperial.ac.uk |