Chip-to-chip photonic quantum teleportation over optical fibers of 12.3km

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a chip-to-chip photonic quantum teleportation over 12.3 km of optical fiber, utilizing integrated quantum circuits and active stabilization to advance quantum network capabilities.

Contribution

It introduces integrated quantum photonic circuits for long-distance chip-to-chip teleportation with active stabilization in a star-topology quantum network.

Findings

Achieved 12.3 km quantum teleportation over optical fibers.

Designed and fabricated three integrated quantum photonic circuits.

Implemented active feedback for stable quantum interference.

Abstract

Quantum teleportation is a crucial function in quantum networks. The implementation of photonic quantum teleportation could be highly simplified by quantum photonic circuits. To extend chip-to-chip teleportation distance, more effort is needed on both chip design and system implementation. In this work, we demonstrate a chip-to-chip photonic quantum teleportation over optical fibers under the scenario of star-topology quantum network. Time-bin encoded quantum states are used to achieve a long teleportation distance. Three photonic quantum circuits are designed and fabricated on a single chip, each serving specific functions: heralded single-photon generation at the user node, entangled photon pair generation and Bell state measurement at the relay node, and projective measurement of the teleported photons at the central node. The unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers (UMZI) for time-bin encoding in these quantum photonic circuits are optimized to reduce insertion losses and suppress noise photons generated on the chip. Besides, an active feedback system is employed to suppress the impact of fiber length fluctuation between the circuits, achieving a stable quantum interference for the Bell state measurement in the relay node. As the result, a photonic quantum teleportation over optical fibers of 12.3km is achieved based on these quantum photonic circuits, showing the potential of chip integration on the development of quantum networks.