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Exploiting Nonlocal Correlations for Dispersion-Resilient Quantum Communications

  • Hao Yu (Co-first Author)
  • , Benjamin Crockett* (Co-first Author)
  • , Nicola Montaut
  • , Stefania Sciara
  • , Mario Chemnitz
  • , Sai T. Chu
  • , Brent E. Little
  • , David J. Moss
  • , Zhiming Wang
  • , José Azaña
  • , Roberto Morandotti*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Encoding quantum information via time-bin entangled states has had a profound impact on the development of quantum communications. However, dispersive propagation limits their achievable transmission distances. Here we describe a regime for nonlocal dispersion cancellation where the sum of arrival times of photons undergoing identical dispersion remains highly correlated. We exploit this effect to mitigate dispersive effects in a quantum key distribution fiber link, allowing an increase in the secret key rate by over a factor of 5 after 80 km of optical fiber dispersion. © 2025 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Article number220801
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume134
Issue number22
Online published5 Jun 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jun 2025

Funding

This work is supported by Fonds de recherche du Québec—Nature et technologies (FRQNT); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Joint program of the NSERC and the European Commission (HyperSpace 101070168); AQUA ALLRP 587602-23; QuEnSi ALLRP 578468-22; Consortium on Integrated Quantum Photonics with Ferroelectric Materials ALLRP 587352-23; Joint programs of NSERC Alliance and Innovative UK “Call for joint Canada-UK projects on Quantum Technologies (QT)” (ALLRP 556324-2020 and 556325-2020).

Research Keywords

  • Quantum communication
  • nonlocality
  • quantum channels
  • entanglement manipulation
  • quantum control
  • quantum correlations in quantum information

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