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Utility-Based Path Selection and Configuration in Quantum Networks via Layered Shortest Paths
Leonardo Bacciottini, Subhransu Maji, Don Towsley +1
A path in a quantum network is a chain of repeaters that distributes entanglement between two users. Selecting a path requires balancing the rate and quality (e.g., fidelity) of th…
Quantum-Classical Coexistence Network Tomography
Xuchuang Wang, Joseph C. Chapman, Aneesh Ramaswamy +5
Quantum-classical coexistence networks (QCNs) share optical fiber between quantum and classical signals via wavelength-division multiplexing, offering a practical path to quantum c…
Efficient routing and spectrum allocation in arbitrary flex-grid entanglement networks
Zachary Goisman, Matthew L. Stevens, Maxwell Goisman +7
As practical quantum networks approach large-scale deployment, the need for efficient user-to-user frequency allocation is increasing, yet current approaches only provide partial s…
Rate-Fidelity Tradeoffs in All-Photonic and Memory-Equipped Quantum Switches
Panagiotis Promponas, Leonardo Bacciottini, Paul Polakos +3
Quantum entanglement switches are a key building block for early quantum networks, and a central design question is whether near-term devices should use only flying photons or also…
A Framework for Distributed Resource Allocation in Quantum Networks
Nitish K. Panigrahy, Leonardo Bacciottini, C. V. Hollot +5
We introduce a distributed resource allocation framework for the Quantum Internet that relies on feedback-based, fully decentralized coordination to serve multiple co-existing appl…
Adaptive Policies for Resource Generation in a Quantum Network
Aksel Tacettin, Tianchen Qu, Bethany Davies +3
Protocols for distributed quantum systems commonly require the simultaneous availability of entangled states, each with a fidelity above some fixed minimum r…
Reinforcement Learning for Quantum Network Control with Application-Driven Objectives
Guo Xian Yau, Alexandra Burushkina, Francisco Ferreira da Silva +3
Optimized control of quantum networks is essential for enabling distributed quantum applications with strict performance requirements. In near-term architectures with constrained h…
Piecemaker: a resource-efficient entanglement distribution protocol
Luise Prielinger, Kenneth Goodenough, Guus Avis +3
We introduce multipartite entanglement distribution protocols that use a quantum switch to deliver stabilizer states to a number of remote end users. As in existing schemes, the fi…
Service-the-Longest-Queue Among d Choices Policy for Quantum Entanglement Switching
Guo Xian Yau, Thirupathaiah Vasantam, Gayane Vardoyan
An Entanglement Generation Switch (EGS) is a quantum network hub that provides entangled states to a set of connected nodes by enabling them to share a limited number of hub resour…
Leveraging Internet Principles to Build a Quantum Network
Leonardo Bacciottini, Matheus Guedes De Andrade, Shahrooz Pouryousef +6
Designing an operational architecture for the Quantum Internet is challenging in light of both fundamental limits imposed by physics laws and technological constraints. Here, we pr…
Surrogate-guided optimization in quantum networks
Luise Prielinger, Álvaro G. Iñesta, Gayane Vardoyan
We propose an optimization algorithm to improve the design and performance of quantum communication networks. When physical architectures become too complex for analytical methods,…
On the Analysis of Quantum Repeater Chains with Sequential Swaps
Matheus Guedes de Andrade, Emily A. Van Milligen, Leonardo Bacciottini +5
We evaluate the performance of two-way quantum repeater chains with sequential entanglement swapping. Within the analysis we consider memory decoherence, gate imperfections, and im…
An on-demand resource allocation algorithm for a quantum network hub and its performance analysis
Scarlett Gauthier, Thirupathaiah Vasantam, Gayane Vardoyan
To effectively support the execution of quantum network applications for multiple sets of user-controlled quantum nodes, a quantum network must efficiently allocate shared resource…
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-Assisted Entanglement Distribution in FSO Quantum Networks
Mahdi Chehimi, Mohamed Elhattab, Walid Saad +4
Quantum networks (QNs) relying on free-space optical (FSO) quantum channels can support quantum applications in environments wherein establishing an optical fiber infrastructure is…
Optimistic Entanglement Purification in Quantum Networks
Mohammad Mobayenjarihani, Gayane Vardoyan, Don Towsley
Noise and photon loss encountered on quantum channels pose a major challenge for reliable entanglement generation in quantum networks. In near-term networks, heralding is required…
A Control Architecture for Entanglement Generation Switches in Quantum Networks
Scarlett Gauthier, Gayane Vardoyan, Stephanie Wehner
Entanglement between quantum network nodes is often produced using intermediary devices - such as heralding stations - as a resource. When scaling quantum networks to many nodes, r…
Entanglement Routing over Networks with Time Multiplexed Repeaters
Emily A Van Milligen, Eliana Jacobson, Ashlesha Patil +3
Quantum networks will be able to service consumers with long-distance entanglement by use of quantum repeaters that generate Bell pairs (or links) with their neighbors, iid with pr…
On the Bipartite Entanglement Capacity of Quantum Networks
Gayane Vardoyan, Emily van Milligen, Saikat Guha +2
We consider the problem of multi-path entanglement distribution to a pair of nodes in a quantum network consisting of devices with non-deterministic entanglement swapping capabilit…
Mapping quantum circuits to modular architectures with QUBO
Medina Bandic, Luise Prielinger, Jonas Nüßlein +8
Modular quantum computing architectures are a promising alternative to monolithic QPU (Quantum Processing Unit) designs for scaling up quantum devices. They refer to a set of inter…
Quantum Internet: The Future of Internetworking
Antonio Abelem, Don Towsley, Gayane Vardoyan
Quantum information, computation and communication, will have a great impact on our world. One important subfield will be quantum networking and the quantum Internet. The purpose o…
Tools for the analysis of quantum protocols requiring state generation within a time window
Bethany Davies, Thomas Beauchamp, Gayane Vardoyan +1
Quantum protocols commonly require a certain number of quantum resource states to be available simultaneously. An important class of examples is quantum network protocols that requ…
On the Analysis of a Multipartite Entanglement Distribution Switch
Philippe Nain, Gayane Vardoyan, Saikat Guha +1
We study a quantum switch that distributes maximally entangled multipartite states to sets of users. The entanglement switching process requires two steps: first, each user attempt…
Quantum Network Utility Maximization
Gayane Vardoyan, Stephanie Wehner
Network Utility Maximization (NUM) is a mathematical framework that has endowed researchers with powerful methods for designing and analyzing classical communication protocols. NUM…
Optimal entanglement distribution policies in homogeneous repeater chains with cutoffs
Álvaro G. Iñesta, Gayane Vardoyan, Lara Scavuzzo +1
We study the limits of bipartite entanglement distribution using a chain of quantum repeaters that have quantum memories. To generate end-to-end entanglement, each node can attempt…