Entanglement purification is to distill high-quality entangled states from low-quality entangled states.It is a key step in quantum repeaters,determines the efficiency and communication rates of quantum communication ...Entanglement purification is to distill high-quality entangled states from low-quality entangled states.It is a key step in quantum repeaters,determines the efficiency and communication rates of quantum communication protocols,and is hence of central importance in long-distance communications and quantum networks.In this work,we report the first experimental demonstration of deterministic entanglement purification using polarization and spatial mode hyperentanglement.After purification,the fidelity of polarization entanglement arises from 0.268±0.002 to 0.989±0.001.Assisted with robust spatial mode entanglement,the total purification efficiency can be estimated as 10^(9) times that of the entanglement purification protocols using two copies of entangled states when one uses the spontaneous parametric down-conversion sources.Our work may have the potential to be implemented as a part of full repeater protocols.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFE0113100 and 2017YFA0304100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11774335,11734015,11874345,11821404,11904357,11974189,12174367,and 12175106)+4 种基金the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS,QYZDYSSW-SLH003)Science Foundation of the CAS(ZDRW-XH-2019-1)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesUSTC Tang ScholarshipScience and Technological Fund of Anhui Province for Outstanding Youth(2008085J02)。
文摘Entanglement purification is to distill high-quality entangled states from low-quality entangled states.It is a key step in quantum repeaters,determines the efficiency and communication rates of quantum communication protocols,and is hence of central importance in long-distance communications and quantum networks.In this work,we report the first experimental demonstration of deterministic entanglement purification using polarization and spatial mode hyperentanglement.After purification,the fidelity of polarization entanglement arises from 0.268±0.002 to 0.989±0.001.Assisted with robust spatial mode entanglement,the total purification efficiency can be estimated as 10^(9) times that of the entanglement purification protocols using two copies of entangled states when one uses the spontaneous parametric down-conversion sources.Our work may have the potential to be implemented as a part of full repeater protocols.