Synchronizing a quantum local area network with White Rabbit

Muneer Alshowkan, Philip G. Evans, Brian P. Williams, Nageswara S.V. Rao, Claire E. Marvinney, Yun Yi Pai, Benjamin J. Lawrie, Nicholas A. Peters, Joseph M. Lukens

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Abstract

We demonstrate a scalable quantum local area network architecture using White Rabbit timing components. Synchronizing three distant nodes with ultralow timing jitter, we obtain significantly improved entanglement distribution fidelity over previous results with GPS clocks.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberFM1C.4
JournalOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
StatePublished - 2022
EventCLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2022 - San Jose, United States
Duration: May 15 2022May 20 2022

Funding

We thank T. Jones and M. Lipiński for helpful discussions on White Rabbit. This work was performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operated by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC05-00OR22725. Funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, through Field Work Proposals ERKJ353, ERKJ355, and ERKCK51; and the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05-00OR22725
Office of ScienceERKCK51, ERKJ355, ERKJ353
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
UT-Battelle

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