Quantum error correction is essential for achieving reliable quantum information processing tasks,as it can mitigate the detrimental effects of noise by encoding single-qubit information into a larger quantum system.H...Quantum error correction is essential for achieving reliable quantum information processing tasks,as it can mitigate the detrimental effects of noise by encoding single-qubit information into a larger quantum system.However,the generation of distributed entanglement between logical qubits located within two spatially separated nodes presents a significant resource-intensive challenge that has yet to be overcome.Here we present a heralded protocol for generating distributed entanglement between two nonlocal error-protected logical qubits.A high-dimensional single photon can evolve physical qubits into a logical qubit that entangles with the photon and then converts logical qubit-photon entanglement into entanglement between two logical qubits,when the photon state is properly tuned and an effective photon-spin interface between single photons and individual spins is exploited.Furthermore,the success of the entanglement generation is heralded by the detection of the photon,and the corresponding efficiency can,in principle,approach unity.These distinguished features make our protocol highly appealing for future large-scale quantum technologies.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11904171,and 62221004)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.30922010807)。
文摘Quantum error correction is essential for achieving reliable quantum information processing tasks,as it can mitigate the detrimental effects of noise by encoding single-qubit information into a larger quantum system.However,the generation of distributed entanglement between logical qubits located within two spatially separated nodes presents a significant resource-intensive challenge that has yet to be overcome.Here we present a heralded protocol for generating distributed entanglement between two nonlocal error-protected logical qubits.A high-dimensional single photon can evolve physical qubits into a logical qubit that entangles with the photon and then converts logical qubit-photon entanglement into entanglement between two logical qubits,when the photon state is properly tuned and an effective photon-spin interface between single photons and individual spins is exploited.Furthermore,the success of the entanglement generation is heralded by the detection of the photon,and the corresponding efficiency can,in principle,approach unity.These distinguished features make our protocol highly appealing for future large-scale quantum technologies.
