Two-excitation routing via linear quantum channels

TL;DR

This paper extends quantum routing protocols to handle two excitations simultaneously in a linear quantum network, demonstrating efficient transfer in fermionic systems and limitations in spin-1/2 networks.

Contribution

It introduces a two-excitation routing protocol based on perturbative transfer schemes for linear quantum channels, addressing switchable and permanent couplings.

Findings

Efficient two-excitation routing in fermionic networks.

Limited high-quality routing regions in spin-1/2 networks.

Extension of single-qubit routing protocols to multi-excitation scenarios.

Abstract

Routing quantum information among different nodes in a network is a fundamental prerequisite for a quantum internet. While single-qubit routing has been largely addressed, many-qubit routing protocols have not been intensively investigated so far. Building on the many-excitation transfer protocol in arXiv:1911.12211, we apply the perturbative transfer scheme to a two-excitation routing protocol on a network where multiple two-receivers block are coupled to a linear chain. We address both the case of switchable and permanent couplings between the receivers and the chain. We find that the protocol allows for efficient two-excitation routing on a fermionic network, although for a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ network only a limited region of the network is suitable for high-quality routing.